August 22, 2015, Saturday, finished forgiveness seminar
Today was the part 2 of the forgiveness seminar from 9 am - 1 pm. It was really helpful and showed me that it was possible for God to do miracles of healing people's souls in others lives, which has made me really excited. Forgiveness is a very healing thing.
August 21, 2015, Friday, all-day ethics seminar
Ethics seminar: Today, I went to an all-day ethics seminar - I had to repeat it from last year, in which I arrived late. It was long, but sort of interesting in places. There was a hilarious closed captions mistake on one of the videos, in which the captioning was written all wrong in funny ways. We couldn't help but laugh. It made us perk up, I think, so though the speakers were embarrassed, it helped us listen to the rest of the seminar better.
Forgiveness seminar: After that, I went to an evening seminar on forgiveness at my church, which was very spirit-led. It changed my understanding of forgiveness and helped me understand some things better.
Forgiveness seminar: After that, I went to an evening seminar on forgiveness at my church, which was very spirit-led. It changed my understanding of forgiveness and helped me understand some things better.
August 20, 2015, Thursday, isolating T7 enzyme
I'm scaling up my transcription reactions and to do that, I had to isolate T7 enzyme. I got 14 mg / ml which was really exciting! I hope that most of it is active. There was also a staff appreciate day and I got to watch Ann, our grad school secretary, get an award for being at Emory 10 years - WOOHOO!
August 19, 2015, Wednesday, repeating some data
Today, I repeated some key data that I needed to prove hadn't disappeared and that was repeated - yes! I also hashed out a theory with my boss for why my enzyme could be having problems at this stage.
August 18, 2015, Tuesday
There was no lab meeting today. I just worked on experiments. I got a new water bath ordered, which is really exciting for me, because I need an extra.
August 17, 2015, Monday
I worked on experiments and checking off things from my check list.
August 16, 2015, Sunday, Preparing for the fall semester
Research: As of last week, I finally got some good RNA! I know, it's been a while. I am also looking at upscaling my transcription reactions right now and preparing for the fall semester in which I will take one class and TA one class. LET IT BEGIN!! It shall be a tremendous adventure and FULL OF AWESOME!
Real Life: Today I have felt so tired, but suddenly, I feel better and stronger. It has been a quiet, relaxing day. I did a little gaming and a little reading. Now, I shall do a little ironing and a little planning, for the next week.
Real Life: Today I have felt so tired, but suddenly, I feel better and stronger. It has been a quiet, relaxing day. I did a little gaming and a little reading. Now, I shall do a little ironing and a little planning, for the next week.
August 15, 2015, Saturday, Hanging out with James and Elizabeth
My brother James, his girlfriend Elizabeth, John and I got to play Laser Tag, then eat some ice cream at Coldstone Creamery again! I am so lucky. It was really cool to hang out with them and we had a great time.