Well, another day another 13C NMR.
My, it's still quite warm even at this late hour of the night. Apparently it got up to about 32 degrees today. It'd didn't seem as bad as yesterday, but I was still pretty shagged out after it all.
Most importantly to note, is that today is Soba's birthday!!! I sent her an ICQ birthday card as well as sending off real cards through the post, but they won't get there for a day or two.
Hmmm… Netscape just crashed as I was reading last years diary entries. Sarah had been on her way down to visit Soba. Yes, another year starting to turn up it's toes. Three weeks until Xmas. Supervisor back in 10. I'm trying to organize something to farewell Red, so I need to get in contact with Susan and Jules and possibly Lloyd. Maybe Saturday night will be the most convenient time.
A quiet day in the lab today. Now that I have my 20 compounds I was concentrating (or trying to at least) on adapting conditions to scale up the synthesis of ADAM, however without much joy. The heat was sapping my energy and I spent the first hour of the morning in the bank trying to find where my flexi-card was. Thankfully my old Visa-card pin works on my new card and I was able to do a transfer via the ATM to balance my credit account and get money, hurrah! Of course, I am trying to save knowing that I'm going to have a big load of expenses for Xmas and in the new year. Came home about 6:30 pm as my energy was gone because of the heat of the day, and didn't do much. Ate too much (rice with soy and oyster sauce) and had a rather ordinary snooze.
Watched TV till my brain started to go numb and then headed over to the lab. Now I'm just sitting around in shorts and a sports bra eating frozen strawberries cause it's so darn hot. Hardly even bothered with the doona last night. Hmmm… whether to eat another of my last two strawberries? I suppose they are cheap and in season at the moment, and I can get some more on the weekend, and they are fruit and that's good for you, so there's that guilt disposed of. ;)
Hmmm… what else? Got an email from Peta from Jakarta. I forgot to put a don't reply in my big email and hence as she is so inclined to be nice I got a reply which was dripping with "I'm tired, I'll deal with this much later" so I felt guilty for a little bit, but figured the respective times each one had taken to write meant that it probably worked out about even, so I didn't feel as guilty after that. ;) Piscean guilt is one thing I am starting to work myself out of.
I think I'm going to have to go have a quick shower, I'm all itchy from the sweat of today, especially having to cycle around in the sun.
Got a letter from Mum today, nothing too exciting, just urging me to be cautious at work and that sort of thing. It's always nice to hear from her though. Still not sure of what the reaction will be with Dad though, I don't think I want to be stuck alone with him for long periods with no point of escape i.e. like a long car trip… could be too much like a seemingly good time for him to start asking questions… always leave someone an escape route, it's less frightening for them. (/good advice)
Tomorrow will be 5 weeks to go on the Roaccutane, so hurrah. Time passing faster does have some small advantages it seems.
Ok, it's 1:45 am, I'm crashing…