I just ate a cookie, it was delicious.

As of right now, I’m sitting in lab, waiting for my post-doc to come in. This is a routine we have, I sit here and wait, because if I don’t wait I might kill something. So I decided to be productive and update you all about my summer.

This summer I’m working twice as much as last summer, which means that now I actually work more than a few hours a day. Instead of working 1-3 hours a day like last summer, now I go up to 8-9 hours. It’s pretty fantastic. I still have a fair amount of time to relax and, as many people that do biology research, I have plenty of time during experiments to browse the internet and check my e-mail.

I’ve discovered a few things while working this summer. First, everyone uses gtalk when they’re at work. It’s pretty interesting how my gtalk contact list has about 20 people logged in during typical ‘working hours’ (usually ‘busy’ or ‘away’ like I am), and after ~6pm it goes down to about 5 people. The other thing I discovered, 1 minute in lab can feel like an hour when you’re weighting out 10.00mg samples to a 1% precision.

Outside of lab, I’ve had a life. I’ve done extremely satisfying things such as eating, sleeping, and watching TV. Also, my mother got a trial of Amazon Prime and shared it with me, which means that I can order anything I want from Amazon.com and get free 2nd-day shipping as long as they have it in stock. I ordered two things already. By the way, if you order frequently from Amazon, an Amazon Prime account is totally worth it. You pay $80 a year, but you can share it with 4 other people, and you all get free 2nd-day shipping, so evenly split, you’re each paying $16 a year for unlimited 2nd-day shipping at a huge online store. =) Okay, that was not a paid ad, I swear.

Other than that, I’ve been meaning to do things, but often fail at it. I did succeed at something, spending money during the 4th of July weekend. Got a haircut, and a few things I wanted to buy at Newbury, and now I’m officially broke. Not really, I’m getting an iPhone 3G tomorrow. =)

Hope you’re all having an exciting summer. I’ll go back to my procrastination routine in lab and then I’ll go grade chemistry exams for a few hours. I’ll try to come back to TKD practice soon, I want my injuries to heal a bit more so I don’t start dying after a few kicks.

-Omar