Harry Potter Chaos

Today I had to make new plugs for Pulsed-Field at work, since the old ones did not work. It wasn't too bad (I think I'm getting the procedure down...), but I just hope it works this time. Although, this is quite typical for research. Guess I still have to master this whole patience thing Ah, and here's a pic of our lab, with Dani and Sarah:


For lunch, we went over to the University for one of the other UREKA program's barbeque. It was really excellent. They had kebabs, lots of salads, chicken wings, and burgers. Also, we got two free drinks instead of one like we had at ours. It was really nice. The weather could have been better, but we had a lot of fun relaxing and hanging out with everyone. Dani and I went back to work for a little while after that, but it wasn't too bad. I had to finish up washing my plugs. I double-checked all my steps, so I'm pretty sure it'll work out.

After work, I went home and relaxed for a little bit before packing for my weekend trip. I leave tomorrow morning bright and early for London, where I'll meet up with Shelby and Amanda, and have a blast. It should be a lot of fun. I just hope the conversion into pounds won't hurt me that much. Maybe I'll just try not to think about how expensive everything will be.

Everyone came over soon after, and we all got ready to go out before the Harry Potter book comes out at midnight. We first went to Bierhaus, and had a good laugh. After a while, Marit, Ala, and I left to go meet up with Oein and other people at a bar across town. From there, we left to go to Eason (the book store) for the opening. Everyone said they'd meet Marit and I (Ala had gone home at this point) there if we saved a spot in line. So we got into this humongous queue (have I mentioned that's what they call lines here yet?) that circled one of the churches after going down a side street. I wish I had my camera to take pictures!

After a while, we started to realize that nobody had shown up. I was texting and calling people, but there were either delayed responses or none at all. Finally, I got word that Ruth and Dani were just going to stop by, and then they'd meet up with us later after we got our books. Oein ended up going out without letting us know, which was upsetting, since he'd promised to stand in line with us. So it was just Marit and I, waiting for two hours for the Deathly Hallows. Granted, I did have a good time, but it was just frustrating to have everyone bail on us.

After we got the book (the cover is so pretty!), Marit was tired and went home, and I went to Club Babylon to go meet up with Ruth and Dani. When I got there, I was surprised to see Oein sitting with them. They all apologized for ditching us, and I eventually forgave them after I saw they were truly sorry and we had fun all the while. We got Supermac's afterwards and then took a cab back home, where I crashed. Not getting much sleep tonight, that's for sure. And I'm definitely not able to start this new book!