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Ugh. I have caught something and am sick. God bless theraflu though.
The Roth lab had it's annual group outing yesterday! We went to the zoo (at mah suggestion) and it was great! It was just as awesome as I remembered it. Except more awesome, cuz I didn't get a chance to go to the farm animal section of the zoo last time and I didn't get to see all their great chickens! Not only did they have some great "classic" chickens, but they had fancy chickens! Also John got to come, which is great. A fun day indeed, and fortunately I didn't get sick until I got home. Last year we went to an Orioles game, which was fun, but not as fun as seeing critters.
I am anxiously awaiting to get some experimental results. Our data is being analyzed in Canada right now, and I am on pins and needles. I just hope it comes back OK (not junk). It'll be all right if it doesn't, but it will bum me out to the max.
Next weekend John and I are going to see the new resident evil movie in imax 3D! My labmate Alfredo and his wife are big fans too, so they invited us to come see it with them! It will be lotsa fun! Huzzah!
Also, a lot less fun, but I think I should mention it. A few weeks ago Merlin passed away. Obviously I wasn't there, so Lisa, William and my mom had to handle everything (and they handled it exceptionally well). He had to be put down, and they had to make the tough decision(s). I don't remember all of the details of why it had to happen, but it seemed to be about as close to "old age" as you can get. It was very hard on me that I didn't get to see him once more, or that I couldn't be there with him when it happened. But I am grateful I got to see him last X-mas. Of all the pets, he was undoubtedly the happiest to see me and wouldn't leave me alone for more than 30 seconds while I was home. Something I always think about with my pets (both alive and dead) is I hope they on some level know/knew how much they are loved. I honestly don't know what my pets are thinking, and I don't know how they interpret my actions. but I always just hope that it comes across to them that someone really cares about them. Whenever a pet dies I especially worry about this. I started to worry about it after he died, but then I realized it wasn't important. I don't think it would have mattered very much to Merlin. I've never seen another animal that loved everyone and everything as much as Merlin did. I think Merlin was happy almost his entire life (he took the deaths of our other cats very hard) and I think it was just because he loved everyone else so much. I'll miss him so much, but I am just so grateful I got to be with him.
The Roth lab had it's annual group outing yesterday! We went to the zoo (at mah suggestion) and it was great! It was just as awesome as I remembered it. Except more awesome, cuz I didn't get a chance to go to the farm animal section of the zoo last time and I didn't get to see all their great chickens! Not only did they have some great "classic" chickens, but they had fancy chickens! Also John got to come, which is great. A fun day indeed, and fortunately I didn't get sick until I got home. Last year we went to an Orioles game, which was fun, but not as fun as seeing critters.
I am anxiously awaiting to get some experimental results. Our data is being analyzed in Canada right now, and I am on pins and needles. I just hope it comes back OK (not junk). It'll be all right if it doesn't, but it will bum me out to the max.
Next weekend John and I are going to see the new resident evil movie in imax 3D! My labmate Alfredo and his wife are big fans too, so they invited us to come see it with them! It will be lotsa fun! Huzzah!
Also, a lot less fun, but I think I should mention it. A few weeks ago Merlin passed away. Obviously I wasn't there, so Lisa, William and my mom had to handle everything (and they handled it exceptionally well). He had to be put down, and they had to make the tough decision(s). I don't remember all of the details of why it had to happen, but it seemed to be about as close to "old age" as you can get. It was very hard on me that I didn't get to see him once more, or that I couldn't be there with him when it happened. But I am grateful I got to see him last X-mas. Of all the pets, he was undoubtedly the happiest to see me and wouldn't leave me alone for more than 30 seconds while I was home. Something I always think about with my pets (both alive and dead) is I hope they on some level know/knew how much they are loved. I honestly don't know what my pets are thinking, and I don't know how they interpret my actions. but I always just hope that it comes across to them that someone really cares about them. Whenever a pet dies I especially worry about this. I started to worry about it after he died, but then I realized it wasn't important. I don't think it would have mattered very much to Merlin. I've never seen another animal that loved everyone and everything as much as Merlin did. I think Merlin was happy almost his entire life (he took the deaths of our other cats very hard) and I think it was just because he loved everyone else so much. I'll miss him so much, but I am just so grateful I got to be with him.