Week 3 of MBR experiment 3

Its been a bit of roller coaster ride this week. One the one hand, I got a new car - a 2008 Pontiac Vibe - I'm planning three trips for job interviews in January and February (Orlando, Pasadena, and Denver for job in Seattle), an abstract I submitted got accepted to a conference in New Orleans in April and its Christmas. One the other hand, I burned myself pretty badly in the lab on Tuesday doing something stupid - despite the many lectures I've given my undergraduates about paying attention in the lab, I dropped my cell phone in boiling water, I got a stomach virus last night and the filaments in my reactors are causing major problems making it extremely difficult to leave. Since I won't be here to clean the membranes that are fouling really badly, its pretty likely I'll have to start one reactor over for fourth time when I get back. Its a test to my new positive mental attitude - I'm working on rolling with the punches but its hard. I'll keep working on and maybe by the time I turn 30 in September I'll have learned.