1 Day, 1 Sentence [September 2023]

September wasn’t the most exciting month, but that was probably a good thing considering the August we had. We got a bit of a break from lab work at the beginning of the month before ramping up again going into October.

Friday, September 1 – Start of meteorological fall at the end of the week as we finished up batch records and did some troubleshooting to figure out why the pressure was high on one of our instruments.

Saturday, September 2 – Went to see an outdoor art exhibition at a nearby nature preserve, harvested the first yellow pear tomato, and watched the Revolution drop two points against Austin on the last play of the game after an encouraging Tomás Chancalay brace.

Sunday, September 3 – After hearing his name in fantasy circles all across the internet (and picking up his books for free), I began ridiculously prolific author Brandon Sanderson’s original Mistborn trilogy.

Monday, September 4 – Celebrated Labor Day by making a tomato, onion, and spam quiche to use up some of the tomatoes.

Tuesday, September 5 – Spent the day at work inventorying chemicals and labeling shelves.

Wednesday, September 6 – Arts and crafts continued with picture labels for our drawers of AKTA parts.

Thursday, September 7 – It was a Thursday.

Friday, September 8 – Moved on from labelling to working on batch records for an upcoming run.

Saturday, September 9 – Hiked in a neighboring town and saw some fun fungi and lots of ferns, then witnessed the beginning of the Revolution’s slide into a depressing fall as they yet again snatched a draw from the jaws of victory by allowing Minnesota to score a(nother) second half stoppage time tying goal.

Sunday, September 10 – Had hot dogs for lunch, did some work on the garage door, made an instant pot chocolate cake, and started Avatar: The Way of Water.

Quiche

Monday, September 11 – Finished blue people Avatar 2 – cinematography was solid, but I dislike Jake Sully to the point where I wanted the incredibly militaristic antienvironment jerks to win.

Tuesday, September 12 – Took tomatoes with smoked pepper jack cheese and peanut butter and jam on marble rye to work for lunch.

Wednesday, September 13 – Edited batch records for both projects and continued my Grey’s Anatomy rewatch while in between shows on Netflix.

Thursday, September 14 – Meeting day at work was disrupted by one of our fridges losing power.

Friday, September 15 – Lunch was burgers and fries.

Saturday, September 16 – Made chili, baked cranberry orange scones and mini cheesecakes, tried crab flavored potato chips, and saw the Revolution break their streak of last-minute ties by having Omar González, of all people, score a second half stoppage time consolation goal in a loss to Colorado.

Sunday, September 17 – On a trip into Boston, stopped at Tatte for a prosciutto fig panini with gruyere and pear for lunch.

Monday, September 18 – Started lab work for both projects at the same time.

Tuesday, September 19 – Simultaneous project work continued, plus batch record editing.

Wednesday, September 20 – Got to have a leftover giant meatball for snack.

Tomatoes

Thursday, September 21 – Went to the Big E for the first time, where we saw some animals, got deep-fried Oreos, had a lot of people try to sell us things, admired quilts and cross stitch projects, and visited all six New England statehouses.

Friday, September 22 – Returned to work for the fifth straight day of filtration for one of our projects, and finished the major edits to a set of batch records for our other project with over a week to spare.

Saturday, September 23 – Baked a coffee cake, tried out playing 7 Wonders thanks to the library, and watched the Revolution draw Chicago with no second half stoppage time goals.

Sunday, September 24 – Started the last season of New Amsterdam.

Monday, September 25 – Worked late to set up and start an overnight reaction.

Tuesday, September 26 – Found a round red mushroom on the front lawn.

Wednesday, September 27 – Ran the second half of our post-reaction solution through a column and set up another reaction.

Thursday, September 28 – Packed columns and did a test run of a new chromatography method.

Friday, September 29 – Ordered pizza for lunch.

Saturday, September 30 – Made another quiche and actually saw the Revolution beat Charlotte on Dave Romney’s first regular season goal for the team.

Rides at the Big E