much happier microprobe session today
Yesterday's bad news about my most recent experiments had me feeling down. Today, however, I knew before I came in that my microprobe session would be devoted to trying to get good analyses of mineral phases in the older experiments for which we'd either not yet obtained good analyses, or there weren't really enough of them to be confidant with the results. As a result I rather enjoyed the session (I normally always enjoy playing with the microprobe--it is a cool toy), and I think that I managed to fill in some gaps in my data. I'll find out for certain tomorrow when I calculate the number of cations present in each mineral from the microprobe data.
I could probably have done that this evening, but instead I spent time reading fiction, looking at my finances (it is so time to transfer more cash to my Alaskan bank account, so that I can keep paying on my student loans!), reading e-mail, and playing with the "find people" function in Facebook. All in all a lovely, relaxed, evening, and no need to feel guilty about not working when I spent all of business hours doing so.
Now it is time to head home and do my yoga (and perhaps get in some additional exercise too) before I go to sleep for the night.
I could probably have done that this evening, but instead I spent time reading fiction, looking at my finances (it is so time to transfer more cash to my Alaskan bank account, so that I can keep paying on my student loans!), reading e-mail, and playing with the "find people" function in Facebook. All in all a lovely, relaxed, evening, and no need to feel guilty about not working when I spent all of business hours doing so.
Now it is time to head home and do my yoga (and perhaps get in some additional exercise too) before I go to sleep for the night.