Okay, so I am going to vent. I know whining is not a good thing, but I need to write this stuff down and since I can't physically talk about it to anyone at the moment, why not write it down digitally for the world to see, right? Anyway, I must preface today with just notifying everyone that I had a pretty horrible day yesterday... very depressing to the extent of me literally running 2 hours straight in any direction that had the walk-way signal illuminated (I also ended up in Central Park at like 10pm.. not an advisable thing to do).
Today was my birthday. I woke up a little earlier than normal because my grandmother called and left her annual message of her singing happy birthday for me with my grandfather. One of the best things ever, and I anticipate it every year. So I got ready and went to work where I had to prepare for a very important meeting with my boss. Had the meeting and it went well. No screaming or tearing ideas apart, which was a good thing. From there I went for a quick lunch with my post-doc mentor and ate in the park, which was very nice. I then decided I would "reward" myself for my birthday by going to the 15th floor of the hospital and play the piano, which I got to do for a good 30 minutes, which relieved a lot of stress for the moment. I went back to the lab and worked for about 1 hour before I had a lab meeting, which was very long, but they did get me a cake. I then had about another hour of work before I had to go to Journal Club and do a presentation with a partner on a publication for a little over an hour. I have had so much on my mind lately that I feel like I did not do as well as I could have. I couldn't think throughout the presentation, which was pretty bad. All in all, the presentation went okay, but it could have been so much better. After Journal club I had a mission to go out to a nice dinner, that's all I really wanted. Before that could become a reality I had to go back to the lab in order to finish more cell culture and prepare protocols for this Saturday (a good 6-8 hours of work ahead of me). Well, we kept working and before I knew it I read the clock and it was already 9 p.m.. So I walked home and arrived around 9:30 to an empty apartment. I went to a couple rooms to see if anyone was there and no one answered. I waited for about 10 minutes and my roommate came home from dinner. So I decided to venture out on my own, which I have to admit is very depressing, especially on your birthday. Nonetheless, I walked down a couple streets to a sushi restaurant and had a couple delicious sushi rolls... lobster/mango and tuna/salmon... amazing. I then went to get gelato :)
So I guess my birthday wasn't too bad. I got to play the piano, had cake and a nice dinner. The interesting thing I have realized is that is really stinks not having someone to actually share your birthday with. It's one thing to have a million people say Happy Birthday to you, but what makes birthday's the best is making memories with people that will last a long time. I felt like today I really didn't have any of those moments, which is kind of depressing. So that was my day...
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