Anyone who thinks academics is a soft job can think again. Clay tried to shove a glass tube through his hand this week and got two stitches for his efforts. Well, I guess he didn't try to do it...he just did it. That's always a fun conversation to have....
Me - "Hey!"
Clay - "Hey."
Me - "So, Cole went to Zach's house. I told him we would pick him up around 4:45 and walk downtown for dinner."
Clay - "Okay."
Me - "Is everything okay?"
Clay - "Not really. I just shoved a glass tube into my hand. Bill says I need to go to Urgent Care."
Me - "Uhhhh...okay. Do you need us to go with you?"
Clay - "That's probably not a bad idea. I'm feeling kind of woozy."
Let me tell ya that was not on my list of things to do Thursday evening. Who knew academics could be so dangerous?
Trips to the hospital have just added to the craziness this week. The fun fair is next weekend, so I've been really busy trying to help get everything ready for that. It's been a lot of fun, but I haven't had time for my Daphnia unfortunately. I considered bagging the whole experiment when we came back from our trip and I realized that none of my females produced any male offspring. It was more than a little surprising since we stressed them out a decent amount. I thought for sure that they would start producing males, but no soup. Needless to say, since that was the whole point of my little experiment, I was pretty disheartened.
Clay was the one who insisted I keep the experiment alive. And since I'm pretty sure a lot of scientists have failed on their first attempts, I decided to take his advice and keep going. I stuck some new Daphnia into individuals vials and away they go. Clay has been feeding them for me this week since I'm barely keeping up with the other stuff I have to do, but I'm hoping I'll be back at it after the fun fair.
If I survive this week of madness, I just might be able to have a go at surviving science. Clay
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