Insomnia

So it's two thirty in the morning, and I'm still awake. It seems that I haven't quite gotten used to east coast time. Or maybe I just need someone to make me go to bed.

This morning, I headed over to health services to get my blood drawn. I was nervous at first, but it wasn't so bad. They took a test tube worth, which I think is four ml.When we go into the lab, we purified white blood cells from the blood through centrifugation and lysis. It's amazing to think that a week ago I knew nothing about working in a lab and now I'm confidently working. Tomorrow I will even be purifying DNA from my blood.

Also, we looked at the results from a lab we did yesterday, and my cells were some of the only ones in class that grew on a certain plate. This means not only am I now working confidently, I'm also working competently. It's quite comforting seeing as I was struggling so much at the beginning of the course.

Tomorrow should be an exciting day because my building is throwing a party.

Until then,
Joseph Young