Probably the best I've seen yet!

I don't know if you can read this, but here is the link to see this up close--it's a MUST READ if you have doggies!!

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What is that and why is it green???

Pretty in Pink

Okay so maybe I'm not Molly Ringwald with ultra stylish 80's clothes and a hot date...well I do have a hot date...but sans 80's attire, I've decided that this girl can be pretty in pink too!

Pink is usually a color that I stay away from.  It's not that it's a drab color...there is just this negative correlation to me with blonde-haired, blue-eyed girls and pink.  Oh, and it makes me look like I am 12.  Blah.

I do own pink-like colors.  Coral.  I like coral.  It's a fabulous mixture between pink and red and orange.  And red.  That's about it...but I can now say that raspberry (or pink) is one of those colors!  Hoorah!!

Granted, I do not take this garment home, but it is part of my daily attire.  Thanks Fisher for making these girls pretty in pink!!!  

Summer!

Ta-da!!  The much-awaited and official unveiling of my workplace (and poo samples)!  It's very important and dirty work, you know.  And I'm very inclined to call Mike Rowe and tell him about said "dirty job".

My own workstation!   I am very, very happy I work under a hood.

  

Poop in the freeze drier!

Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry machines.  It gets really hot in the room.

We even celebrate the holidays!  Our department doesn't have any fun items just yet...but this too will change :)

 

What I think about at work

• That blood sample is mixed in with th....nope that's urine...red urine

• Why, why, why does this smell so bad

• I think I just inhaled poop particles

• Really need to make sure I wash the poo off my hand before lunch

• Watch out, I'm taking the poop out of the freeze dryer

• So glad this lab has a hood

• Crap

• How did I spill that on me

• I can't believe I'm still thinking about food right now

• I just...wiped my face with my dirty glove...

• Stink eye=pink eye

• What did this person eat

• Am I dirty enough to shower tonight

I work with poop...

As many of you may know, I recently took a new job at Genova Diagnostics in the chromatography department (CLICK ME).  My official title is Chromatography Lab Assistant and my duties (although I really want to say dooties) are to perform bial-acid assays.  Or poop studies.

Now, for those of you who don't know what chromatography is, well, I won't go into extreme detail because it's a lot of technical chemistry that is blah for me to explain.  But I will tell you that it basically separates compounds in a column to figure out what stuff is.

Apparently, a lot of people want their poop analyzed...a lot.  So I sit down in my lab coat, gloves, and goggles (don't want to come home with anything extra residing on me) and prepare samples in a very organized and neat manner for chromatography.  After I learn the ropes for a little bit, I'll probably move on to actually analyzing the data collected.

And yes, I have heard plenty of poop jokes, but if you have a really good one, let me know!  Oh, and I'll get a couple pictures if I can!