Up and down

It has been a wild ride this week. Work has been a battle and having Dr. Allen in town makes things a bit more tense. It has been busy and boring at the same. Busy in the sense that there is so much to be done, boring in that it is the same thing that always needs to be done and it feels like my week is a loop of the same activities. On the one hand I am certainly thankful that there are pieces of this job that I now understand and for the most part I feel comfortable with my knowledge of the lab and it's basic operations. It took long enough, ha.

The monotony was broken a bit by a program management meeting on Friday. They are dreadfully dull but, the food is pretty tasty. I think that meal might be all that gets any of us through sometimes. It is a very important meeting however; I do not think that as much gets done as it should. Typical meeting with lots of talking and good ideas with no follow through.

Another little break in the routine happen last night (Friday night). One of the interns is moving to the site in Kigali, Rwanda so the group decided to have a little going away shindig. A few of us went to a restaurant called Triumph Le Dolphin. It is known for it's karaoke on Friday nights. The playlist is a little dated but I can't complain.

After a slow start we slowly built the courage to get up on stage. To make a long and embarrassing story short I owe Mr. Bon Jovi an apology for Livin' on a Prayer. It was called Livin' on a Player in the song list. I think we all got a little chuckle out of that one. It could have been worse... I think. I could have done a Chili Peppers song... in costume.

Tonight I went out with some of the interns to a new-ish Chinese place. We kid about eating dog in the states, I have a feeling they don't laugh at that joke here. It was a good time though and I got to meet some new folks. They are going tomorrow to hunt warthog and impala and when they found out that I am a Texan I was automatically in. I am a little wary to be around this bunch with rifles but, how much worse can it be than Boy Scouts?

I know this is brief but, it is late and I am going to get a little sleep so I can stay alert tomorrow. hope all is well and that you all are having a fabulous weekend!