The Graduate Student has a Home

So today I gave my first lab presentation. I was very stressed out about this presentation because most of the people in the lab are post docs. So there is a very high expectations factor here.
I was so nervous that I was having nightmares and grinding my teeth at night. Then today i was sooo tired that I just couldn't help it anymore. So I did calm down. I presented, I had trouble with words but not too many I think. The coolest thing was that when the PI thought that I didn't know the answer to something he would ask the post-doc, but I would interrupt and answer. That was the coolest part.
When I brought up my acknowlegement slide I thanked the PI for letting me work in his lab. I said you know it is very rare for a Berkeley student to be working here. I thanked the rest of the lab.
And the PI said, "Well we certainly appreciate you being here we know that it is must be extra hard having to commute here, especially with classes."
I wanted to melt.... That was beautiful moment #2 with this PI.
Then after that slide came my announcement, "I am staying in the lab."
The lab applauded softly and one of them said, "I called that one."
I said, "I didn't do that much of a good job at keeping it secret."
After the presentation another post doc said, good job. My post-doc gave me a thumbs up.
And then my PI said, "that was a good presentation Isa." Beautiful moment #3!
I said thank you , of course...
And then I felt an urge to get the experiments right. To get results, to get the project going...
Now here I am in P3..... Splitting my cells.