Changing Plans

Today was filled with excitement for my upcoming trip. I was supposed to go to Dublin and then Belfast with my friend Oein. We were going to stay with his friends on Friday and then have a hostel on Saturday. So all through work, I was ready for it, excited about it, making plans.

We started off by checking our Pulsed-Field Gels. We stained it for half an hour, then de-stained for an hour, and put it into the camera to look. It looked really, really weird. We really don't know what happened...but we think it might have been the heat in the room (since there's no AC...and it was really hot this morning). It was really sad, actually. But Sandra was really encouraging, and said we'd try it again next week. Hopefully it works.

Over the course of the day, our plans for the weekend shifted and changed probably once every half hour. It was unbelievably frustrating. By the end of the day, we'd elected to stay in Galway and try for a day trip on Saturday. I had a promise of going out tonight as well, so I guess that was okay.

If something good did come out of it, though, it was going to the BBQ that the UREKA program was putting on. There was tons of food and we had a lot of fun, despite changes in plans. I hung out with everyone in the program, even the professors, chatting and having a good time. After that, we headed back to our apartments and relaxed/got ready for the evening's festivities.

Some of the kids in our complex threw a toga party that night, so we helped the girls put on togas and watched the fun for a while. Now, though, we're about to head to town and go clubbing. It should be a lot of fun, hopefully. Cheers!

Random Irish Info: They're not called "paper towels", but kitchen towels here!