Monday, May 1: Just another day of work to start the month.
Tuesday, May 2: Finished a jigsaw puzzle of butterflies and worked the late shift at work, putting in 10 hours straight to complete my first filtration process from start to finish.
Wednesday, May 3: Worked on the next 1000 pages of A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), A Storm of Swords (book 3).
Thursday, May 4: The penguins celebrated Star Wars Day on Instagram with a partially constructed Millennium Falcon; I was voluntold to be my department’s 6S representative and attended the first meeting.
Friday, May 5: Celebrated Cinco de Mayo with burritos and tres leches cake on free lunch Friday at work.
Saturday, May 6: Went to see an outdoor art exhibit in a park, then hiked around a state Fish and Wildlife property, and later listened to the second half of the Revolution’s 2-0 victory over Toronto.
Sunday, May 7: Tried pickleball for the first time at the neighborhood park and didn’t completely suck?
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| Hiking through a hole |
Monday, May 8: Found a bee on the driveway after my daily walk and the phlox continued to bloom.
Tuesday, May 9: Caught the last fifteen minutes of the Revolution’s unsurprising exit from the US Open Cup in their second game of the tournament.
Wednesday, May 10: Completed a jigsaw puzzle featuring dogs.
Thursday, May 11: Received a new-to-us toy in the lab (i.e. a refurbished machine was delivered and installed).
Friday, May 12: Organized the lab in the name of 6S and watched Jeopardy! Masters.
Saturday, May 13: Worked on the LEGO Millennium Falcon, went hiking, took the tomatoes outside for their first field trip, and watched the Revolution fall on the road to Miami (featuring a Dave Romney deflection goal for Miami, an offside ruling on a would-be goal for Noel Buck, a Carles Gil revenge goal minutes later, and a late Miami red card that New England couldn’t capitalize on).
Sunday, May 14: Bagels for lunch and pickleball in the afternoon.
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| Lily of the valley |
Monday, May 15: Halfway through the month.
Tuesday, May 16: Spent the morning testing solutions for endotoxins.
Wednesday, May 17: Got to bring leftover fried rice to work for lunch.
Thursday, May 18: Packed and qualified a chromatography column on my own.
Friday, May 19: Had weird fusion ramen for lunch that nobody liked.
Saturday, May 20: Made sushi for lunch, then baked pecan rolls and triple chip peanut butter cookies (peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, and chocolate chips).
Sunday, May 21: Afternoon at the pickleball courts and laundry at night.
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| Fern-filled forest |
Monday, May 22: Another week, another Monday.
Tuesday, May 23: Went out for dinner with my group before a coworker left.
Wednesday, May 24: Started another jigsaw puzzle, this one with lots of patterned kites on it.
Thursday, May 25: Project meeting, group meeting, and column packing.
Friday, May 26: Talked about shelves for an hour at the 6S meeting.
Saturday, May 27: Put the tomatoes into the raised bed, planted green beans, tried Trader Joe’s strawberry rhubarb soda (tasty), and listened to the Revolution’s 3-3 draw with Chicago (yet another bizarre night where they went down two goals, came back with two goals, and got the final equalizer through Jozy Altidore, of all people, accidentally).
Sunday, May 28: Dim sum in Boston with Cornell friends + family.
Monday, May 29: Used my Memorial Day weekend commuter rail ticket to go back into Boston to visit the Common and Public Garden, Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, the Harborfront, Rose Kennedy Greenway, and Chinatown.
Tuesday, May 30: Back at work after the long weekend, we prepared for a full run through one of our purification protocols.
Wednesday, May 31: Midweek soccer produced another 3-3 draw for the Revolution, who were saved (again) by Carles Gil, who scored a brace.
Tuesday, May 23: Went out for dinner with my group before a coworker left.
Wednesday, May 24: Started another jigsaw puzzle, this one with lots of patterned kites on it.
Thursday, May 25: Project meeting, group meeting, and column packing.
Friday, May 26: Talked about shelves for an hour at the 6S meeting.
Saturday, May 27: Put the tomatoes into the raised bed, planted green beans, tried Trader Joe’s strawberry rhubarb soda (tasty), and listened to the Revolution’s 3-3 draw with Chicago (yet another bizarre night where they went down two goals, came back with two goals, and got the final equalizer through Jozy Altidore, of all people, accidentally).
Sunday, May 28: Dim sum in Boston with Cornell friends + family.
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| Flags on the Boston Common for Memorial Day |
Monday, May 29: Used my Memorial Day weekend commuter rail ticket to go back into Boston to visit the Common and Public Garden, Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, the Harborfront, Rose Kennedy Greenway, and Chinatown.
Tuesday, May 30: Back at work after the long weekend, we prepared for a full run through one of our purification protocols.
Wednesday, May 31: Midweek soccer produced another 3-3 draw for the Revolution, who were saved (again) by Carles Gil, who scored a brace.
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