I kinda knew this would eventually happen, but I didn't think it would've happened so soon. My weekly blog has now become a monthly blog. I will still try to keep it at a weekly thing, but as you can already tell, I can't make any promises. For my POOP this week (month), I got a call from my son's school counselor. Not once, but twice. Twice in two days! Granted, it was a full-moon time, so that could have something to do with it, but I'll refrain from going too mystical on you (for now). Anyway, the first call wasn't so bad. I did freak out a little, but then I heard the actual story and laughed, which I'm sure the counselor didn't appreciate, but "oh well". The counselor left a message on my cell to let me know that my son has been in an incident with another student. There was some sort of altercation and my son was injured. That's all that was said in the message. Now, I have to applaud the counselor at saying the exact thing that would warrant a hurried response because after my immediate panic, I most definitely returned the call, but a little disclaimer about my child's well-being would've been greatly appreciated. Turns out, pretending to be a dinosaur can be dangerous when you're a 5-year old boy. The second call was the very next day. This time the counselor called to let me know that my son just flashed the entire Kindergarten and First grade, and possibly the rest of the K-5 grade levels. Before I continue, yes, it probably is my fault that this happened as I have yet to teach my son that clothes are not optional. At home, he's allowed to run around in his bibbidees (urban dictionary it) and after he showers, he's allowed to have a little naked time, so to him, clothes are not necessary. Let me explain, what had happened was that he held his shishi a little too long, so when it was time to go, he took his shorts and bibbidees all the way off. He ended up getting some shishi on them and didn't want to put them back on. Luckily, he remembered that he had extra clothes in his backpack, so he walked out of the restroom BUTT NAKED to go get his extra clothes. If he had slipped them on at that moment, it would've been totally fine, but no, he decided to do things his way. He put on his clothes, but couldn't figure out why the tags were in the front. He tried again, yet, there were the tags, in the front, again. So, he did the only thing he could think of. Go find an adult, except he went exploring BUTT NAKED, again. This time, he walked straight into his classroom, full of 5 and 6 year olds all pointing and laughing! To make matters worse, there was a sub that day. I thought it was hilarious and adorable, and my son just thought everyone was laughing because he has a cute butt, but the counselor thought otherwise...so, we learned a very important lesson about covering our goods that day. Okay, on to work stuff... Lab is still under construction. Feel like we've been waiting centuries for this lab to be ready. We are almost there, just waiting on the electrical stuff to get hooked up. In the meantime, I've been jamming through inventory and setting up the lab. Unfortunately, our lab doesn't have very much storage space, so our PI had to go purchase some drawers for the lab before I could really start putting things away. The days have been a bit draining since all I've been doing is inventory, but it does help to know exactly what we have and where it's all stored. At the moment, I'm the one team member that spends the most time at the lab, so being able to know where everything is should be my job anyway. Besides inventory, I've had SO many meetings and trainings to go to. I'm involved in multiple aspects of the 'Ike Wai project in Hawai'i, so I've had to attend meeting after meeting all about different, yet similar things. One of my meetings, though, was long overdue and well worth my time. I met up with my old research mentor. The VERY first one I've ever had. The one that first peaked my interest in conducting scientific research and the one that helped fuel my drive of cultural based science. We met at this super cute cafe in Kaimuki called Island Brew, chatted about what I've been doing, what I'm currently doing, and what I plan to do. It was nice to catch up and that meeting was probably the highlight of that week. Shout out, Kenz! I also started my workshop series this past week. Along with working as a Lab tech for the microbiology division of 'Ike Wai, and being a "super long title" science and culture support staff, I also conduct monthly 2-hour long, interactive professional development workshops at my local community college. The workshops are geared towards CC students to help them develop the skills needed to be successful in whatever future plans they have, from applying to a 4-year uni, to joining an internship or conducting research, to entering the workforce, etc. Everything they learn at the workshops will help them develop these sorts of skills. This month's one was on Scholarships and although it was a B to prep for, I think it went really well and the students were really engaged. I don't have a transition, so this is the transition... I finally got to meet Sheree! The post-doc for 'Ike Wai microbiology (the division I'm in) arrived at the end of September. I got to meet her the first week of October. Her official start day was Oct. 9th, though, so she's only really been doing 'Ike Wai stuff for about a week. She is so stinkin cool! I was so worried that I'd have to share office space and be stuck with a "stick up her butt" post-doc, but she couldn't be nicer! I'm so stoked to work with her. Stick around for more updates...might be awhile. I probably won't have anything interesting to post about until we start running samples, so for now, check back next month! Here's some pictures...
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