Update on workkkkkkkkk

Chemistry... ugh. It's going ok, but some days can be a bit dull. Results are going ok, we should be done with most of the work by early August, just in time for me to write my report. I can now do almost everything by myself and have been trained on multiple machines that will be useful later in my science career. Woo hoo.

Monday I accidentally slept in because my phone that serves as my alarm went dead. But I had a text from Elaine telling me that she would be late and to sleep in... perfect!! By the time I got in, Elaine was still not in, but I had several things to do. I went to lunch came back and she was still not there. I get a phone call at 3:30 pm to hear that she's at the pub... yesss!!!

I head over and find that Zo (shoutout!!! and you even got your own set of brackets) had found out about this lovely blog of mine, and read out loud the post about the chemistry conference last week (you know when you write something it sounds fine, but when someone reads it aloud it sounds so much worse... yep). I drank a pint or two of apple cider in the process. Zo also said that the funniest things I say are always in brackets. (uhhhhh ok....)

Zo wants to be American... I asked him several questions of which most he could answer except for who is the 16th president of the United States. Come onnnn, so obvious... anyways a picture he took especially for my blog:


They all told me that there were several things I forgot to mention including the fact that Keran was running around in his underwear at 4 am because he got locked out of his room. The box thingy ran out of batteries. He walked into reception and the lady just laughed... he then had to go back with the security guard in his boxers... glad it wasn't me, and definitely got a good laugh in the morning. Especially when Elaine couldn't find him until 1 pm the next morning.

Went home, grocery store, soccer, and made taco salad for everyone for dinner. The only problem was that they didn't have the right taco seasoning, I couldn't find pinto or black beans, anddd the kidney beans came in their own chili sauce. Yuck... it tasted alright, but when I get home I'll definitely be making the real stuff.

It is now Tuesday evening, and raining pretty heavily outside my window. This also means I am completely caught up on my blog, yay! On Thursday, I head to western Ireland in the city of Galway which is supposed to be awesome.

Hope the houseboat went well for my family and neighborhood friends, been thinking about it all week especially when it's raining and I know you all are baking in the sun!!

Next post: likely on Monday...