Hello hello hello. I need to be off to bed early tonight because I didn't exactly get a decent about of sleep last night. So here I am, writing. Woot.
Considering I didn't get up before 9 the past two days and was up late the past three nights I was very surprised how easy it was to get up at 6 this morning. I took the bike out and did my little ten minute ride and then got ready for the day. I don't exactly look like a rockstar at 6 in the morning so I get a few funny looks but, honestly, it's so early, why does it matter? Anywho, was off to work and there around 8:40. My supervisor wasn't in yet but that was totally okay because I know our plan for the next couple of days and can get started on my own. Let me tell you, that feels good.
I did some reading on our catalysts and such for the morning as well as prepping another reaction. Arkady came to get me for lunch and we exchanged the "What did you do this weekend?" stories. I usually go first (because I'm usually asked first) and today was no different. I had told them all on Friday I'd probably go shopping, even though it's expensive, so I told Arkady I did, indeed, do shopping. He asked what I bought and I laughed and said "A dress!" He happened to be walking through a door in front of me and turned around, looked at my outfit and went "Well, where is it?" We both laughed at that and my response "Because that isn't exactly lab appropriate." :-) He told me about the famous Russian movie he had watched and the books he was reading by Arthur C. Clarke. By that point we got our food and joined Kresten and Matt (the fast talker I'd been "warned" about on Friday). We all exchanged weekend stories and Kresten had the most intersting because he and his family (he has two small children) went to the Viking Museum in Roskilde and then a drive in movie theater, where they saw Harry Potter. Esben was late in joining us because there'd been a surprise leak in his reactor so by the time he arrived Arkady and I were done and headed back. We talked more about the books he was reading and joked about how some things, depending on when they were written, didn't always make it to one or the other of our languages (Cold War).
I spent the afternoon doing more reading and observing reactions and then reading about Arthur C Clarke and another author, whose name escapes me at the moment. I also looked up recipes because I want to bake. Good use of my time, I know. Don't worry, I'm doing all the work I'm given and loving every minute of it. I wish I had more work to do because I don't like just looking around on the internet or reading academic articles all the time.
Left work around 4:20, came home, listened and sang to music, made dinner, watched some TV online and chatted with a friend. Very low key. I'm "rediscovering" all my music at the moment (mostly my country music because I've been all acapella/men's groups/classical lately) and can't get enough of music in general.
Okay, so I need to share this. At work my keyboard is Danish; my laptop keyboard is, obviously, English. So all day, as I type, I have to remember where the different symbols are. For example, this symbol - is in the same line as the letters n and m on the Danish keyboard. And the ? is up on the same row as the numbers. So sometimes when I start to blog and go to do various symbols I forget and start to type like on the Danish keyboard. It's a little weird. Fun, but weird.
I'm feeling pretty good today; allergies are acting up but at the moment that's my biggest physical "complaint." Continue to pray for the health of my coworkers, courage on my part, patience as well, and wisdom in everything.
Have a pleasant day/afternoon/night,
Bekah
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