Chaos in the world brings uneasiness...

...but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth. I’d like to think that amidst all this chaos and stress that I’m being given the chance to explore my creativity and grow in both a personal and professional manner. Yet it seems like the only thing I’ve been creative in is how to mess up my experiments. I’ve been given the daunting task of processing very precious samples harvested from very expensive monkeys, in order to give the Company a clearer picture on which candidate drug is better. As my boss likes to put it, I’ve been here for a little over three months and I’ve already been thrown in the deep end. For the most part, my experiments have gone well, except for a few samples which are being quite difficult. These problems have in turn slowed me down, and it’s almost certain that I will not be able to finish the experiment in its entirety by the Feb. 1^st deadline. While my boss and fellow teammates understand the situation and support me, I can’t help but feel that, despite the massive volume of work and the almost-impossible time frame to achieve it in, I could have done better. Then again, it’s not over till it’s over, and I still have time before my trip to Asilomar. My thumb is primed and ready to pipette. Bring it.

And on a random note, a milestone occurred while coming to work today.

It’s funny how the little things like watching all those 9’s roll to 0’s can make morning traffic a wee bit more tolerable.