Like The Tomato
Nothing here but my musings about daily life, books, anime, and food.
When I woke up this morning, all I could think of is that “Damn, it’s not Thursday yet”. And it was again reiterated on my drive to work. A friend said “It’s only Wednesday?” When I answered, “Yes, unfortunately”; she sighed and said, “I was happy for a little bit. Now I’m sad.” Yeah, me too.
The only good thing that happened at work today was the fact that I had no meetings! Yay!
The only excitement for today was the fact that I had to look for a blood sample that was thought to be missing. That was not fun – the logistics of finding the blood sample was stress inducing. We found it though. I was already thinking of what to write on the non-compliance report, since I exhausted the avenues of where the sample could’ve been if it was actually lost. “It vanished into thin air – you know, like magic!” Yeah, that will definitely be accepted.
I tried listening to Forrest Gump at work…That didn’t go well. Not the audiobook’s fault as all. Here’s the thing, when I am doing something – could be homework, studying, reading or as mundane as doing chores – I always have to have something in the background playing. It could either be a show, music, or YouTube videos. This helps me focus on what I’m doing. So with audiobooks, I tend to listen at the beginning then it just slowly fades into the background. I am envious of people who listens to audiobooks while working or something! Today, I had to repeat chapter 6 of Forrest Gump about five or six times before I finally gave up.
I took a nap when I got home without really meaning to. I had Paco cuddling with me. We both had a really good power nap. Although I’m pretty sure that he slept intermittently throughout the day. And right now, he is currently sleeping right next to me.
Hopefully I get to hangout with my hun tomorrow. We still have no idea what to watch though. At least I don’t. I’m not sure if he has any idea on what to watch next.
I’m rewatching You on Netflix again. This is the nth time I watched this series. And yes, I do not remember the exact number anymore. Let’s just say that I watched it so many times now. I think season one is still my favorite of the three that is currently out. I cannot wait for season four.
Sometimes I wish that I was still a kid. No care in the world. No responsibilities but to go school and be good at it. Ever since I started working, I haven’t stopped. Everything else became secondary priority. Earning money has been the most important thing. I don’t like it but you know bills. Even now, all I can think about is I need to find a job that pays better. Why? Because cost of living is getting worse. And salary increases don’t really take that into account. Oh well, I’m just venting. I know I’m not the only one feeling the inflation in cost of living. And I know that other people have it worse than I do.
What else do I miss? Oh yeah, nap time! I just wish that there is a paid designated nap time at work! I mean that would be great. Morale will be up because hey naps when you’re an adult is a luxury! And these kids just take it for granted. I remember fake napping when I was a kid and now, once noon hits, all I can think of is that I need a nap.
Work was a meh today. I was not in a good mood. I tried to avoid any conversations with anyone onsite. Of course, I could not do anything about the meetings I had. So I was a bit quiet on those meetings and only speaking when asked, which was not good since I always try my best to be engaged. But today was just not good.
My allergies were also off the chains. Well actually still are. My face is red, my eyelids are swollen and itchy, my neck is raw and red, my scalp is itchy and irritated, my lips are also itchy. So to say that this did not help my mood at all today is a huge understatement.
The lab director was also onsite today. On some days I feel okay when she’s there but today, it stressed me out. And she didn’t even do anything to trigger that emotion. She was just onsite. And I felt suffocated. Again – she didn’t really do anything. I think I just didn’t want to deal with people today. And she just so happened to be there.
I was only able to read 2 pages at work. Because I couldn’t focus. And also because the lab director was there, it was harder to bust a book out and read. But it was really more on the fact that I couldn’t focus. I think I had to read a few sentences two or three times because I felt like they didn’t register in my head. Yeah. It was tough. I will be reading a bit tonight though so hopefully my brain is in a better mood to absorb whatever I’m reading.
I went to Marshall’s today after work. And I had to actually stop myself from buying a Steve Madden backpack. Because I have way too many backpacks to be honest. I just like backpacks and I want a new one. It took all the energy I have to not grab it and pay for it. Yay for discipline! But that back is no nice though. It will not fit my laptop but it will fit my chromebook and some other things, like a book and a journal and all the other things that I tend to travel with. Oh and it will fit my 40 oz hydroflask. I guess I’ll stick to window shopping for now. I mean I’ve been perusing Amazon for backpacks. And I have my favorite ones in my shopping list. But hey, at least I haven’t bought anything yet. I think that’s a win.
Hope I feel better tomorrow. Or work will be unbearable.
I’m feeling a bit meh at the moment. I’ve been staring at this screen and I am struggling to get some words out. You know? Like my brain is blank and there is really nothing in my head but blank space? This bothers me. Since my brain is pretty active. Always running. May it be full of nonsensical stuff like thinking about fried chicken or chocolate, or thinking about starting a project and practicing my data science skills so it can remain sharp.
But today, it’s just blank.
I am not going to say how I felt when I woke up, I’m pretty sure you can deduce how my waking hour went. I’m just feeling off today. Way off. I’m also very irritable. I was annoyed at anyone who talked to me. And I had to force some friendliness out of me. Normally, that is pretty easy for me since I had to pretend to be friendly and approachable all the time. But today, that was very difficult.
Right now, I have the movie She’s All That playing in the background. I think the next movie I will play is Austenland. When I’m feeling like this, I tend to turn to the familiars. My go-to’s. Something I know that I will enjoy, even if I do not put my full attention to it. Hoping that it will make mood slightly better.
Tomorrow, I will have to go to the store to get some stuff for the potluck on Friday. Thinking of just getting the frozen lasagna and cooking it. I highly debated if I wanted to cook spaghetti but I just didn’t feel like putting that much effort into it. So frozen lasagna it is.
Tomorrow is blue day in the lab. Not sure what to wear since my wardrobe consisted of mainly black…and maybe some gray. So I will have to rummage my closet to see. I’m pretty sure I have a blue somewhere.
Haven’t been able to pick up a book and just read too. Not sure what is wrong with me. I do not like forcing myself either. I tend to not enjoy a book if I force myself to read. I just want to lie down and drown myself with YouTube videos. You know, reading vlogs and reading journal videos. I’m not sure really. Even that feels like a chore today.
Hopefully tomorrow is better. Yeah right – I would need to make a quick presentation about PPE (personal protective equipment) for lab people. Yay. Forced again to do something that I do not feel like doing. So pointless. They can read that in our SOP. Oh well.
The sadness that I felt when I realized that it’s only Tuesday was not pretty. Well today was not pretty. I woke up this morning with no energy. Sluggish. Dragging. At that moment, I knew that today will be rough. I mean, for the most part, I have low energy on weekdays but today was definitely a struggle. My energy depleted even more the moment I scanned my fob to enter the office. Yeah, today was rough.
Management had some cupcakes delivered in the office to celebrate lab week. They ordered a dozen of Baker’s choice cupcakes, 3 gluten-free cupcakes, and 2 vegan cupcakes. I started laughing when I saw the selection because if they combined the gluten-free cupcakes with vegan frosting then it would have been perfectly me-proof! But of course, it’s the thought that counts. So what did I do? Ate one of the gluten-free ones, and one of the vegan ones.
Had some more QT with my love today after work. Watched some Yuri on Ice – well, finished the the anime. And yes, I cried again. As my hun would say, my allergies were acting up big time. That anime was just so well made. The story, the ice skating animation, the love story. That anime was just so perfect to me.
Watched some Trigun and met Eriks. My first thought was that, is that Vash? With long hair? Meryl was pretty glad and they were reunited with Vash. Yeah, this girl really has a huge boner for this tall ass blond humanoid. And I’m also glad that I got to see Wolfwood again. He should really be in more episodes.
I started reading My Friend Anna last night. And one thing I can say right now, I think the Netflix show did the author of this book dirty. That’s all I’m going to say right now since I am only 50 pages in. My opinion might change later on.
I think that’s it for now. At least tomorrow is hump day. Hopefully, time won’t drag as much. As I type that, I remembered that I have meetings tomorrow. Great.
What am I talking about? Well, today is the start of lab week! Well, technically, it started yesterday but since I did not work yesterday, I will count today as the start of lab week. And you know what else today is? DNA day! And it’s appropriate, since today is also our lab director’s birthday. And I work in a genetics lab.
Normally, I would be complaining right now. I do not have fun at work anymore. It seems like everyday being at work is a chore now. But today is different. Slightly. Well, that’s a lie. I did have fun at work today – at least for an hour.
To kick of lab week, and today being DNA day, we decided to extract DNA from strawberries! We had Teams on, so whoever working remotely who wanted to join can join. There were only a few people onsite but it was still fun. Actually, come to think of it, I do prefer not having that much people in the office so yeah, it was definitely fun.
All you really need are strawberries, water, salt, dish soap, cup, coffee filter, and rubbing alcohol. Here is the link for the instructions. Such a good exercise to be honest. I have done labs in school, I took biology classes in school – high school and college, and I have not seen this done.
Being my true self, as I was filtering the concoction of mashed strawberries, water, salt, and dish soap, I lost my hold of the ziploc bag and the filter. Yeah…mess. No surprise there. The strawberry DNA photo is below. Yes, that white floating thing. That’s the strawberry DNA. I heard you can do it with other fruits as well, but the experiment just works so well with strawberry because of the high DNA content.
I finished Bad Blood: Secret and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. Yeah, the book annoyed me. Well, not the book. The book was well written and definitely covered all the points that needed to be covered. And I loved it. But my annoyance stems from the actions of the CEO and COO to make this science fiction of a machine to be available commercially. The lies. The cover ups. The embellishment. The exaggeration. It was horrible. And being in healthcare since I started working, I can’t believe how far this company got. They were testing patients for crying out loud! I do have opinions about this of course. But I think I want to make a separate post about it.
I am now in a hunt for my next read. I do have Forrest Gump by my side. I might continue that. But since I do read multiple books at a time, I might start reading My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams. I am kind of drawn to it right now. I might also give The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood another try. I had to stop reading this one just because of how many times how tall this guy is was mentioned. Yes, I stopped reading at Chapter 3 or 4. We’ll see.
Tomorrow is another day. I think we’re having cupcakes delivered for the onsite team. It’s sports gear day on Wednesday. Wear blue day on Thursday. And a potluck on Friday (which I still have no idea what to bring).
I think that’s it for today. I’ll see you tomorrow.