Days have gone by, and its suddenly Wednesday. Thought I'd try something out, with the onset of this really warm weather. Its summery weather, and I thought, why not wear my skirt to the lab today? Problem with that, is that you can't wear open shoes in the lab, in case you drop something (which is highly likely in my case). So I spent today changing my shoes around depending on if I was in the lab or not :P Have to admit, it is a bit annoying, but its more comfortable with my other shoes (well, flip flops/thongs), it makes me feel more summery, which puts me in a more upbeat mood (they're red and colorful!) and help me face that big mountain of work that is facing me at the moment. Arrrgh....

Anyway, don't want to complain about that anymore. My basic car maintenance course is coming closer to the end. I managed to change a tyre on my car this week! Woo hoo! Although it did take me a good 15 minutes to find that spare tire. But at least I know how to do it. Oops, wait that was last week, this week was learning about the fuel system which was so interesting that I nearly fell asleep. But at least I know there are 3 types of fuel (petrol, diesel, LPG) and that all have their advantages and disadvantages. Its all confusing, but the easiest thing I find is that all you need to remember that everything is interconnected and if one thing is broken, eventually everything else in there will be affected. Which basically means I don't want to touch anything in case something explodes. Who would've thought a car would be so dangerous? Like a wolf in sheep clothing.

Oooh, I also started radio training this week! The one thing that is quickly becoming apparent is that it is easy to listen to what you need to do and what the 'radio rules' are, but actually doing it is a different thing completely! It is sooo nerve racking, much like the nerves I get before I have to do a oral presentation. Can just feel that adrenaline flooding through me. Hopefully we get to practice! The other thing we need to learn is to how to use all the equipement - there's so much of it! You have a mixer desk in front of you which is your control panel. It allows you monitor how loud everything is, and to turn on/off the microphones or the CD player. I also got to know some of the other people I'll be working with - Chiara and Somayeh. Although there are meant to be a lot more people - there's supposed to be 13 of us on the team for the show.

On the lab front, just doing the usual experiments, though since my supervisor is now back from his holiday will now have to show him what I've been doing. Plus that little thing called confirmation. Also doing demonstrating, so I have to fit my experiments around it. I'm so lucky I don't deal with cells yet - only with protein, and the great thing about it is that you can freeze until you want to use it. But I can't do that all the time, as its not a good thing to do repeatedly to your stuff. Its very traumatic, to be frozen, then placed in a nice warm, bright environment, then back to be frozen again...

Its a strange paradox - I like to keep busy and do a range of things - not just my PhD project, but its such a fine line between keeping busy and having way too much going on at once. Especially since things seem to be going towards the way too much side. (can't wait till november when confirmation is over) So it was really nice today to spend some time with Chris today and enjoy his company :)