07 November 2007

Mistakes.. we all (even me, but not often) make them.

So things I did in O Chem Lab today that I've never done before:
-Set up a vacuum distillation with no collecting beaker (thus no seal, no vacuum) and didn't turn the vacuum on.
-Tried to boil a round bottom on a mantle but forgot to turn the mantle on and stared at it challengingly wondering why it mocked me with its refusal to heat up.
-Showed up late.
-Poured organic waste down the drain. On purpose.
-Handled hot things or recently boiling glassware with my hands because I now know that I can handle that much heat (that part was fun, I totally looked like a badass- didn't flinch once)

Haha, so all in all after I made my requisite 3 mistakes... well 2 mistakes, one testimony to laziness and one conscious choice... I finally buckled down and did the damn experiment to get OUT OF THERE. And, even 20 minutes late to start, I was the third person out.

Damn I'm good in the lab, not gonna lie, I'm pretty impressive with that sort of multi-tasking.

Now, off to physical threapy and then a nap perhaps, so I can pull an all-nighter --sleeping schedule as it is, it shouldn't be ridiculously challenging, though I am getting old-- aaaand finish Senior Seminar. Maybe some coffee, a few sets of pushups to stay awake... hrm.

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