Monday...the week's starter...

Monday begins at its usual, bleak morning. There was so much to describe on this glorious Monday. Monday, I began working on another immunohistochemistry. Well, it’s actually my third, to be honest. It all began with choosing the slides. Mark and I did agree, eventually, on which slides to pick for primary antibody treatment. Then it came to replacing the chemicals in accordance with the sterile technique, for the good of science. First, it came to learning how to dump the stuff. I was given a glass bottle, and with some degree of ease, I dumped the chemicals. Afterwards, there was that difficult task of trying to open the bottle of Xylene, without getting the stuff spilled on you. The bottle must have been sealed with superglue, because it took the personnel in the Camenisch lab and some help from other labs in order to get the job done. Fortunately, Derrick did get some pliers, and the problem was resolved, I figure. Fortunately, I did perform my procedure, and had my slides ready for incubation just in time for lunch.

Boy, lunch was pretty enjoyable. I ate a taco salad basket, which was pretty good. I don’t know. After lunch, I visited Tiffany’s and Shiana’s lab and we talked. I then returned to my lab and then talked to Mark. There was still an hour or two to wait before I have to actually check on my slides. So, Derrick drafted me into the cleanup crew and we washed dishes. There was so much downtime, so I read research papers, watched some educational videos, and began writing effortlessly. I like writing. You can try to put your emotions onto paper, and it helps for those rough times in life.

Currently, it is the afternoon, and I’m waiting for my immunohistochemistry samples to be done for further treatment. I plan to have the slides viewed by tomorrow, and I really need to be awake so that I can get some more work done. Science isn’t always glorious and enlightening as people think. It’s sometimes waiting for a certain specimen to be incubated or just work that no one else wants to do. However, it’s all a part of life. It’s not just fun and games here, though.

Alex…..