Pretty good day

Usually a Saturday at lab is enough to ruin a day, but not today. I can see the finish line and just have to fix this silly plasmid. And furthermore, since I was the only one here I could knit during my incubation and listen to (and sing) old-school folk rock. Jessica sent me pictures of the blanket and they look really nice.

And Ira sent me this:

Funny, but I'd never wear it. I'm too cool for that.

Good ligations (oh that's tacky)

Today is supposed to be my last day in lab. Will it? Probably not. Cupcakes seemed to go over well at least. I am hoping to successfully ligate (and thus complete construction) of one of my plasmids that had a single bp mutation in it before. That would be a nice way to end my time here.

T4 ligase, please work.

Then I can unabashedly sleep in, knit, and generally ignore science for two weeks with no guilt.

The end is near

As the quarter (finally) nears an end, I'll have to bid farewell to the nice folks I've worked with (harassed) these past ten weeks. To celebrate my departure (I'm not sure who's happier) I'm going to bring in a treat. I'm hoping I can bribe their memories, so that when we run into each other later on, I am remembered as the girl who brought treats, and not the one who contaminated everything.

Note: I didn't contaminate everything, but I want to avoid such a memory, hence the cupcakes. And ssh! It's a surprise. (Also, my cupcakes will not be poison.)

The difference a day can make

So Clapotis and I are back on speaking terms. I got some advice from the nice folks on ravelry and things seem to be fine. This is very good news as I was not looking to start over or choose another pattern. As expected, all other patterns are on hold because I really can't put the silk/cash yarn down. It's from Colourmart, and I'm in love. Too bad it's a gift.

Second order of business, my cloning is on hold until I can get my restriction digest to work. To continue a cooking theme, I want to make cookies and can't crack the eggs open to save my life. It should be really easy and I'm stumped. I'm hoping like with Clapotis, my stumped-ness will alleviate itself tomorrow...

Mad at Clapotis

I was super excited to start Clapotis, but now I'm a little bummed out. I dropped the first ladder and it's really loose looking. I'm thinking of trying it with smaller needles, but if that doesn't work, I'm stumped. I'm told that the yarn should be okay for the project so......?