On God's Sense of Humor

Also on fun in ochem lab.

Ive had a really tough couple of days. All in a row i have two problem sets, a huge ochem lab, and an ochem midterm. I was upset that this lab today was going to be so long because it was really just bad luck. Its organic qualitative analysis and i unfortunately got a compound that didnt react to anything last week and this week i had a lot of tests to do because i hadnt really narrowed it down. Well, it wasnt an alcohol, it wasnt a ketone or an aldehyde, i decided to test for an amide. This test involved heating my sample with NaOH in a steam bath until it boils. The test tube is covered with filter paper with copper compound on it and if its an amide then the paper will turn blue after it boils. anyway, the steam wasnt hot enough to get it to boil without totally saturating the paper with steam, so my TA said i should try heating it with a bunsen burner. Well, i did, and i had more bad luck for when i was looking at it wondering why it wasnt boiling, the filter paper exploded off. I got a face-full of base and boy did it hurt. I ran to the eye wash and washed my face and then went to the bathroom the wash my arms and goggles and everything, there was a lot of me freaking out in the midst of all that too and making a big scene in the middle of lab. So i guess God's sense of humor is that as much work i have to do and however busy i am, at least i am thankful that i have my face intact. Also, the beauty is when i came back from the bathroom, the filter paper was blue, it was an amide, which means i got to go home.

In other news, i had the first day of Kangeiko today which was loads of fun. i woke up at 5:30 and headed over to the gym where we had a bit of jogging followed by stretching and sun salutes (yoga move) which was loads of fun for early in the morning. i plan on going all week, and then on friday, the group heads over to the point to do sun salutes and hope that the sun will rise while we are there, sounds like fun, oh, and if you go everyday this week, you get a shirt. :D