Monday, March 16, 2009

Turn to face wall, bang head.

I drove 45 minutes came into the lab yesterday, on a Sunday, so that I could spend 5 minutes setting up embryo plates (essentially putting little plates on the bottom of where we store our flies). I did this so that I would be able to run an immuno-precipitation while collecting some microscope images, that whole trying to be efficient so that I can graduate in a timely manner without killing myself philosophy?
Yeah will the stupid flies did not lay eggs and my scope died after taking 1 image. FUCK me.

7 comments:

ScienceMama said...

Boo!

I have to drag myself to lab on the weekends if I come at all, and it's such a bummer when it doesn't pay off!

I hope your week gets better!

Cath@VWXYNot? said...

Dude. That sucks. Stupid flies. And stupid technology.

Amanda@Lady Scientist said...

That stinks! I always hate it when that happens. I hope the week only gets better from here on out!

Isis the Scientist said...

Oh noes!!!! This is the story of my life though when I think that things will go easily.

Tina said...

Sometimes it seems like the forces of nature are conspiring against you. Isn't that the worst thing about research?

Anonymous said...

Definitely sounds familiar!

ScientistMother said...

ScienceMama - it was pulling teeth to get me to come in, Canadian bacon was on...

Cath - beer anyone? that was my question, perhaps I should move to cookies if I don't want to become an alky

Amanda - Thanks! I hope so too!

Isis - The worst thing is the guilt. Had I not come in on Sunday, then when the scope busted I would've felt like "oh had I just come in I could do the IP.."

Tina - yes that is the worst thing about research. I've decided that our scope is cylon.