Phew!

It's always a relief on that one weeknight per week when I get home and don't have to go back to the lab. Though I often come home for dinner and go back, the times when I simply come home and stay feel that much different: almost like I have a regular schedule or something. Right...sure, whatever you say, Pascal. Now back to reality.

Work has been at its best this week, I think. Maybe not in its excitement or in obtaining results, but in the variety of things I've done. Work passes more quickly, and I learn more, when there are many different things to be done in order to make progress. It's easier to motivate myself when I'm not repeating the same thing over and over. Stuff did break this week (what week doesn't have that?), but fixing it was a good experience. Maybe I'll even be faster at it the next time.

With all this fixing, I think we might be close to doing actual science tomorrow. Wow, imagine that!