What on earth will I wear??? Haha!

So it's a bit late and I kind of forgot I hadn't written here yet so this will, hopefully, be short. Still tired but unable to go to bed before eleven because I have a tendency to mismanage my time. I had a bit of a setback this morning because I didn't know what to wear. Foolish, I know, but hey, it happens. Once that was solved I was out the door and on my way to work. I would've been there before 8:45 but something screwy happened with the trains. I was still there before 9 and working. My supervisor, after I gave him the low-down on what was going on with my rxns and results, asked if there was quite a bit of down time. I said that yes, there is but I've been working on PowerPoints, the little paper, and learning. Still, there's quite a bit of time between reactions and analysis.

I had lunch today with Esben, Peter, Anders and Simon. Simon is the manager of our group; Anders is the one who retaught me how to titrate; Peter I haven't talked to much yet; and Esben, well, you already know about him. I saw Klas and Arkady as they arrived for lunch and they jokingly called Esben and me traitors. :-) I didn't get to see them the rest of the day, which kind of stunk. It's like not seeing some of my Madison friends, who I see almost every day at school--I miss them. Anyway, the afternoon had a bit more work as reactions finished and I did like 4 titrations and prepped catalysts for further analysis. I do enjoy my work quite a bit so when I have something to do I at least have fun doing it. :-)

I left work about 4:20 and was in a daze on the way home because I was tired. I did realize one thing, though: clothes don't matter. Lame, I know. Almost as lame as me not knowing what to wear this morning. Hear me out. I was told by a wise friend before I got here that Europeans have a few staple items of clothing and they wear them all the time. It is true. I could probably wear the same outfit every Tuesday and no one would really take notice. They just don't care as much. Considering I have a list of every outfit I've worn to work I should probably follow their example and care just a little less. :-) I made it home and immediately went on a bike ride. It was short but incredibly enjoyable. Then chatted on Skype and ate dinner and watched some TV and put up some pictures. I have yet to put up pictures from this weekend in Stockholm because I was some 125 pictures behind on the other things I've done.

And now off to bed. Not exactly short but I'm sure I'm missing little stories I wanted to tell along the way. Please continue to pray for health, patience, and courage.

Have a terrific day or night,
Until tomorrow!
Bekah