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Before I came to Germany, I joked that by coming here I would get to have my winter during summer. Well, it ends up that I was right. The last week it has been chilly and rainy (but not the summer rain we were getting before), and today it was different. When I woke up, it was cloudy, but not rainy; 11 degrees (~50 F) with an expected high of 15 (~64); and no real jacket since mine ripped in Amsterdam. So, I did something I really didn’t want to do…
I wore my big ol’ UA hoodie. Mike had made fun of it, and joked how I wore it to the carnival. Christoph & Christian told me that this is what they think of as stereotypical, US college clothing – and it definitely is… you know, especially when that hoodie is red, white and blue. LOL.
But it was great today, because it was chilly out, but not raining – perfect weather for a walk. So I strolled to the lab and worked. All day. It was great. I plated more single seeds. I prepared a ton of slides from my Alternaria assays with different staining, which was difficult, because I am totally not used to preparing full size leaves. So great! And in little ten minute gaps between two hour marathon slide sessions I got to blog!
And then there was a BBQ potluck, where we all brought our own meat, but Jorge paid for the two crates of beer (about 24 bottles each), and one crate of bionade (fruit juice and alcohol in a bottle). Tasty
Oh, and I was dinked on a bike . I know, it sounds bad, huh? But just a few days after I learned in Amsterdam that ‘dinking’ is riding double on the back of a bike where the rear rack is, I caught a ride this way back from the ZMDP with Anna. So instead of walking for 30 minutes, or waiting for the bus to take me back way, she offered me a ride on the back. It was terrifying, and fun, with us laughing and giggling half the way as we talked. And fast!
Dinking!
Random German Fact of the Day:
Clothing with university logos on them is super uncommon here. Not only are hoodies like ours not worn, but if they are found, the emblem is much smaller. AKA, I stuck out big time today – but at least I was warm.
Because I mostly did nothing. And I was at work for 9 hours. So in Ashley & Lindsay inspired list, I’m going to share how it went down.
- Got to work just before 9 for lab meeting, and just before it started pouring
- Waited for over 30 minutes for the PIs so we could have it
- Had lab meeting, and received some great information on what the other members of the lab are doing on prog and ran my planned experiments by everyone (accepted!) + troubleshooted an experiment that didn’t work for me.
- It was almost 11:30 by the time we were done (not typical), so kind of sat around waiting.
- Essen! Kaffee!
- Stared at my research calendar and made sure everything was in order. Then added some stuff in. And then took it out because Mike was already doing it.
- Rewrote some protocols
- Figured out what to plate and plant before I leave.
- Looked at the calendar some more
- Scrubulous! Then Facebooked some, which I rarely do.
- Read blogs. Then blogged.
- Scheduled my trip to Berlin with Kelly! …and we were able to because there is little to do.
- Scanned some German/travel info for my mom and nina and sent it to them
- Read the news
- Protocol-ed*
Luckily, once I left work I had training, which is mostly boxing training. It’s fun, because other than the tae-bo/martial arts stuff we done in Jazzercise, I’ve never done this kind of workout. Since it is so different, its really tough – not just on my body, but mentally. Yay! I missed working out – and I’m loving running too! After that Sara & I went and bought supplies for the Mexican dinner I’m throwing at my place tomorrow, and I went home and made beans.
* FYI, I’m making protocol-ing a verb now. Because between that and scheduling, that#s the majority of what I do. I wish the plants I was going to work on initially hadn’t been contaminated.
