So this week I have been working in the lab (my summer research fellowship), and work is picking up. There are lots of cool analyses I’m getting ready to do tomorrow, and I’m pretty interested in what the data have to say.
Today we also had lab meeting, and then our PI took us all out to lunch again (he also did this a few weeks ago when I just started). What a cool guy. Among the doctors I admire the most, he is near the top.
I’m going to Taiwan in a week, to attend my grandmother’s funeral. No need for condolences; we weren’t close (and she had a history of confrontations with other people in my family). But I’ll attend and pay my respects, and I’ll do it convincingly and thoroughly — because no one is going to find fault with my family or the way they raised me.
I am looking forward to the vacation and the Taiwanese food. What I’m not looking forward to are the humid heat and the relatives, some of whom may become emotional and dramatic next week.
Sometimes I wish I could just cut some people off forever and never have to deal with them again. It’s silly, how things like duty and family keep us chained to people we really don’t get along with, and forces us to get together every now and then and drive each other crazy.
