Ecstatic Times...

Dear Kitties,

There are sooooo many things to be ecstatic about first off it is Christmas. Second of, my friend Sheri past the Qualifying Exam! Third of, I am presenting today and soon meeting with my PI to talk about a new project.

The thing with the 2nd point is that our little graduate student group helped Sheri out every single time she asked for help. That means that we did a lot of what we call "Mock Quals". The fact that she passed gives me and maybe some others in the group, hope that we will pass also. At the same time Sheri is like a housekeeping gene to me. Without her I don't function well in graduate school. Everything would just crumble and I knew that Sheri was exhausted and would possibly not take the Qual ever again if she had to so it is a very good thing that she past it is a relief. Another good thing about it is that now Sheri can get to the happily ever after part of her life cause now she can move in with her boyfriend, now he can propose to her, now they can buy a house and a small dog, now she can save up and start planning for the wedding. You have to understand that Quals is a very strong inhibitor to life. It is like an HDAC, it just de-acetylates your life and stops it from progressing at all. Now imagine how messed up I was while the HDAC (= Quals) was deacetylating my housekeeping gene.... Not very well.
:) I can not believe that I have gotten this nerdy.
See what graduate school does to you?