Oct 17, 2016 17:46
Ughhh today was terrible. And I've been dreading it since Saturday morning. One of my students died. How the fuck am I supposed to address that kind of tragedy and then start talking about fucking serial dilutions? "Heyy it sucks how your friend died an untimely death 2 days ago but these bacteria colonies ain't gonna count themselves!" Jesus, the last thing I wanted to do was break that silence today. Jenny offered to address it but I declined; it had to be me.
Everything actually went decently well though. I almost cried, then everyone stared at me like they hated me while I went over the protocol, but eventually they all seemed to be thoroughly distracted by their work and the mood lightened up. But as Dan put it, I am definitely earning that $6000.
I also earned a cocktail. I do not give a single fuck that it's Monday.