I have so much on my mind right now! I start my new job on Monday, and, in just over two weeks, my hubby and I will be heading out to the UK for a week! I'm a mix of excited and nervous right now, and it has my insomnia going into overdrive!
As I work my last two days in the lab, I have to look back at all the awesome memories I have had. It's hard to explain what it is like working in a laboratory full of chemists. In every chemistry lab I have worked in, it's always the same. Too many people shoved into a small place. This is both good and bad. The bad is obvious. You can't get away from each other, so when you are having one of those days, it makes things difficult.
The good... There is so much good. Some of my very best friends I have met in the lab. Amy, Julie, Amber, Lindsey, Adam, Josh, Anne... You know who you are! I have danced, laughed, and cried with these people! Although I don't work with some of you anymore, I would have never met you if we hadn't been chemistry nerds together. I have danced more in the lab than I ever have anywhere else! We are never short of good times!
Lab work gives you the ability to be social while you work. While I'm working, I have the ability to talk (my favorite pastime) all day long if I want to. Not to mention, I have learned.. learned.. LEARNED so much in my stint in the lab! The last ELEVEN YEARS of my life I have spent in a lab coat!
Friday will be a tough day for me. The future is bright, but a door in my life will be closed. I will turn in my lab coat and my ICP, HPLC'S, and GC's. I will take with me my pipet bulb (hee hee) and all the memories of all the friends I have made and all the good times I have had.
Jeez... I teared up just writing that!
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Great Things!
So, Stacey and I have booked our trip to the UK! Late May to early June.. Brits LOOK OUT! :) I'm very very excited about that!
Other good news, I did accept the position in regulatory! I'm very excited about it, but also extremely nervous! I have been a lab rat for as long as I remember. I have enjoyed being in the lab. I really don't know how my hyperactivity is going to handle having a desk job, but the actual job excites me. I believe I made the right choice!
First severe weather of the season hit my house... while I wasn't there to see anything!!! Apparently, GOLF BALL sized HAIL was on the menu on Friday, while I was at work. Oh well.. Next time, I'll set Rerun up with a camera, so I won't miss the action.
Granted, I am just learning how to read models, but next weekend looks to be my first chance to actually chase. I am not going to call it a chase, because that implicates I know what I am doing. Let's just say, I'm going to get into my car, drive towards a storm, and see what I can see. I won't have my laptop in my car.. Just the BlackBerry radar. Interesting, I have figured out how to zoom into street level, so it is ALMOST like having GRL3 attached to a GPS, minus the storm velocity scans, awesome resolution, and giant screen. So, I hope the models hold up and we will have a DAYTIME WEEKEND event within 50 miles of my house!
I'm so excited about this year. Going for your dreams has been everything I hoped it would be! I WILL be going to the UK, and I WILL go on my first REAL chase this year! Next year, I don't know if I will be "Plains-ready," but I'll be close!!
Other good news, I did accept the position in regulatory! I'm very excited about it, but also extremely nervous! I have been a lab rat for as long as I remember. I have enjoyed being in the lab. I really don't know how my hyperactivity is going to handle having a desk job, but the actual job excites me. I believe I made the right choice!
First severe weather of the season hit my house... while I wasn't there to see anything!!! Apparently, GOLF BALL sized HAIL was on the menu on Friday, while I was at work. Oh well.. Next time, I'll set Rerun up with a camera, so I won't miss the action.
Granted, I am just learning how to read models, but next weekend looks to be my first chance to actually chase. I am not going to call it a chase, because that implicates I know what I am doing. Let's just say, I'm going to get into my car, drive towards a storm, and see what I can see. I won't have my laptop in my car.. Just the BlackBerry radar. Interesting, I have figured out how to zoom into street level, so it is ALMOST like having GRL3 attached to a GPS, minus the storm velocity scans, awesome resolution, and giant screen. So, I hope the models hold up and we will have a DAYTIME WEEKEND event within 50 miles of my house!
I'm so excited about this year. Going for your dreams has been everything I hoped it would be! I WILL be going to the UK, and I WILL go on my first REAL chase this year! Next year, I don't know if I will be "Plains-ready," but I'll be close!!
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