trying to get caught up...

You know I usually am on top of things.  I pay my bills on time.  I meet deadlines for things.  I obsess over trying to get to places on time.  And yet, I always put off the stuff that I don't want to work on, ie my notebook and my primer/-80/strains lists.  With my freakish love of having things organized you would think this would be a passion of mine.  So now I'm trying to get caught up especially since the deadline for my finishing is so close.  I just keep telling myself that it will get done, it will get done, it will get done.

I found someone with a capillary electrophoresis machine which means I might be back to the grind next week with work.  I quickly ordered the supplies I need and if they come in next week I should be good to go.  It seems a tad crazy for me to expect to start a new technique and have it work before our projected move date of Aug. 5th but hey you never know.  It might work (*shaking head in despair*).

Other than that the beat goes on.  We need to be packing more, we need to be cleaning more, we need to be doing more.  Graduating isn't really as relaxing as I thought it might be.  We did find out that we will be heading to California from College Station between October 25th and November 1st.  Well that is when the movers for the lab will come to move it away.  Our actual move date is still undetermined.  I think John and I are more than a little anxious about the whole thing (ie me having panic attacks, John sighing a lot).  It seemed like a great idea at the time to take these jobs and hopefully it will pan out.  Right now just a lot of stress, but we have a whole road trip to play with.  

By the way, anyone who actually reads this, we've been on the hunt for roadside attractions on I-10 (the road we will be on for the majority of our trip).  You know, like the Gaffney Peach or Paul Bunyan and the such.  Anybody know of any attractions on I-10 that we should stop at (the cornier the better) or know of a good website/book where we could find some?  If we're going cross-country we could at least see all there is to see.  Hopefully when this blog goes mobile we can post all our exciting (and fun!) sightings on our adventure for you to see.