Sunday, October 1 – Went apple picking and left with 17 Gala, 2 Empire, 5 Jonagold, 13 Smitten, 17 Honeycrisp, and 6 mystery apples, plus 4 Harrow Sweet pears, apple cider, and apple cider donuts.
Monday, October 2 – The beginning of a busy week in the lab, involving finalizing batch records, running TFF (tangential flow filtration), equilibrating a column, and setting up two more columns to run overnight all at the same time.
Tuesday, October 3 – Started the day in the lab at 7 am,but managed to hand off 4 columns in various stages of cleaning/loading/equilibrating and leave before 4 pm to get in a quick hike on the way home.
Wednesday, October 4 – Arrived at work to hear about everything that went wrong the previous night, but we forged on ahead with the run.
Thursday, October 5 – Another long day at work, though at least I got pad thai for dinner.
Friday, October 6 – Celebrated the unusually high number of October birthdays with cake at lunch, and completed the final concentration and formulation of our protein in the evening.
Saturday, October 7 – Good news: saw a Cornell ChemE friend for the first time in 6-ish years; bad news: watched the Revolution lose to Orlando, though Carles Gil tried his best to save New England with two goals, one in (wait for it) second half stoppage time.
Sunday, October 8 – Officially ended the tomato season with 1075 cherry tomatoes and 75 yellow pear tomatoes and baked an upside-down apple cider spice cake.
Monday, October 9 – Had the day off for Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, so went for an 8.2-mile long 6-mile hike around a lake.
Tuesday, October 10 – Ate leftover banana French toast for breakfast.
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| Fall colors |
Wednesday, October 11 – Continued running DoEs for a client and had a peanut butter and marmalade sandwich for lunch.
Thursday, October 12 – Used comp time to spend the day hiking at World’s End, a park on a peninsula in Hingham, MA with views of the Boston skyline.
Friday, October 13 – Survived Friday the 13th without any mysterious power losses, equipment explosions, and/or missing orders (our lab is 1000% haunted).
Saturday, October 14 – Did laundry, made sushi for lunch, went for a hike near my high school, and had the absolute pleasure of seeing New England lose to Nashville, though Tomás Chancalay had another two-goal game and almost brought the Revolution back from a first half three-goal deficit.
Sunday, October 15 – Finished Mistborn (The Final Empire) and raked for the first time in the season.
Monday, October 16 – Finally got around to catching up on documentation tasks at work.
Tuesday, October 17 – More lab organization while in between runs.
Wednesday, October 18 – Cornflakes for breakfast.
Thursday, October 19 – Got into work early so I could leave early and go hiking in search of fall colors.
Friday, October 20 – Spent part of my morning on the lab floor taping around our equipment.
Saturday, October 21 – Completed a jigsaw puzzle of scenes from The Office and got to see the Revolution actually win a game for once, their last game of the regular season, against Philadelphia, on two Gustavo Bou goals.
Sunday, October 22 – Went out to look for more fall colors, then came home for a raking session.
Monday, October 23 – Enjoyed an apple cinnamon yogurt (sadly, a seasonal item from Trader Joe’s) as part of my lunch.
Tuesday, October 24 – Packed columns, mixed buffers, and made applesauce with some apples that had been hanging around in the fridge.
Wednesday, October 25 – More or less a normal day.
Thursday, October 26 – Eventful day for the lab – there was a new piece of equipment delivered, our existing equipment got a maintenance visit, and we had a water delivery.
Friday, October 27 – Managed to get off work early enough to get in a quick hike at a nearby farm and see the sheep.
Saturday, October 28 – Had coworkers over for lunch and pickleball to enjoy fall before everything became cold, dark, and grey.
Sunday, October 29 – After almost a year, finished a cross stitch piece for a Cornell friend.
Monday, October 30 – Two days before starting client work, decided to rearrange the lab, which may or may not have involved a lot of climbing onto the lab benches.
Tuesday, October 31 – Low-key Halloween at work, though my lightsaber did make an appearance.
Tuesday, October 17 – More lab organization while in between runs.
Wednesday, October 18 – Cornflakes for breakfast.
Thursday, October 19 – Got into work early so I could leave early and go hiking in search of fall colors.
Friday, October 20 – Spent part of my morning on the lab floor taping around our equipment.
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| World's End |
Saturday, October 21 – Completed a jigsaw puzzle of scenes from The Office and got to see the Revolution actually win a game for once, their last game of the regular season, against Philadelphia, on two Gustavo Bou goals.
Sunday, October 22 – Went out to look for more fall colors, then came home for a raking session.
Monday, October 23 – Enjoyed an apple cinnamon yogurt (sadly, a seasonal item from Trader Joe’s) as part of my lunch.
Tuesday, October 24 – Packed columns, mixed buffers, and made applesauce with some apples that had been hanging around in the fridge.
Wednesday, October 25 – More or less a normal day.
Thursday, October 26 – Eventful day for the lab – there was a new piece of equipment delivered, our existing equipment got a maintenance visit, and we had a water delivery.
Friday, October 27 – Managed to get off work early enough to get in a quick hike at a nearby farm and see the sheep.
Saturday, October 28 – Had coworkers over for lunch and pickleball to enjoy fall before everything became cold, dark, and grey.
Sunday, October 29 – After almost a year, finished a cross stitch piece for a Cornell friend.
Monday, October 30 – Two days before starting client work, decided to rearrange the lab, which may or may not have involved a lot of climbing onto the lab benches.
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| Sheep |
Tuesday, October 31 – Low-key Halloween at work, though my lightsaber did make an appearance.
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