ramping up

I have begun to run RT2 and methylation plates.

I am taking a lot of notes.

I am staring at a lot of spreadsheets.

I am aliquoting in a tiny hood.

I thought the aliquoting would be the easy bit, as I do a great deal of it already. Silly me.

Different styles of pipetters make for novice like aloquoting. That us discouraging.

My brain is a bit mushy but I am really encouraged overall.

I haven't been able to stick around for analysis yet because we are busy at my (real?other?normal?) job.

Yuye said my curves look pretty good though.

I am happy to hear it.

My forensics class is doing RtPCR and DNA amplification this week.

It is so strange to be actually studying something so immediately useful.

I don't think that has ever happened to me in a school setting.

I am, however; feeling a bit swamped. Some big projects in my regular job plus a final power point and paper project for forensics plus all the new stuff for the co-op class plus a friend coming in from Germany to stay with us this weekend plus a birthday party...

gracious!

I must admit I am really enjoying all of this.

:)