Jack has been having a rough week just because he's so incredibly busy. Today he had a few problems with study partners and other issues, plus he is overwhelmed with schoolwork on top of some important events at work this week. Plus he has to get up at 3am tomorrow for a work thing. I got home a bit before 9pm and he was trying to get to sleep, but he was too stressed and kept venting about the various frustrating things that happened yesterday. I can appreciate that--I vent all the time--but it was keeping him from winding down. Eventually I asked him to tell me three things about today that went well, and they can't be backwards bad things (e.g. "I'm glad that stupid girl in my class finally shut up.")
Immediately Jack said he was glad he got an A on his microbiology test he'd just taken. Then he thought for a minute or two. He said he's glad his younger brother is gearing up to finish a degree. And he's glad he has his own family. <3 So that made me feel good, and I think it made him feel a little better too. Then he went to sleep.
I am just so proud of how hard he works and how well he's doing. I know I just said that in my last blog post, but it's a continual joy.
In other news, I got my first data back from my research and it looks good! Doable, for sure. So that's incredibly encouraging. I have a lot of work ahead of me but it's easier to do if I believe it will end the way I want (with an interesting thesis and a master's degree!)
I got the data back this quickly because today two of my lab mates, Janice and Erin, spent hours with me in lab putting together the reagents and prepping the assay I needed to analyze my samples. They were analyzing their own stuff in the same assay, so it wasn't all charity, but it was hugely helpful to me because they've had more practice than I have. Plus lab is much more enjoyable when there are other people there to talk to and joke with while I'm waiting for my samples to run. So I was grateful for that too!
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