Time has to be on your side. They say the force laughs at our plans on a regular basis. I was up real early and got to the lab at 8:15 am in order to prepare to run my protein gel as soon as the lab meeting was over. What could go wrong? All I needed to do was polymerize the stacking gel. It is midnight now and I am finally home. There were plenty of breaks and I got to eat lunch with colleagues at our weekly lunch break. Until I gain enough experience to know the ins and outs of the business, I must be diligent. What if that spot ruins my experiment? What if those extra 5 minutes of blocking a membrane ruin my results? A Bubble! Oh noooooo, my day can't be ruined, there has got to be a way. Ask Dr. Rosas. A Tare! Oh Shoot, no way this can be fixed, do it over again. Read the instructions over and over again. Don't miss anything, don't add anything. Overdoing it? Under doing it? Listen to the girl next door or the guy down a bench? Ask Dr. Rosas.
At least I can bring Mateo into the lab still. Soon enough he will no longer be allowed and my precious time spent in lab is likely to be diminished.
Nonetheless, I get to come home and I know I did every step as carefully as I could without any rush because time is on my side. It has to be. All for the love of a good figure.
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