If life were a bowl of cherries...

Ok…. I am writing this to the soundtrack of the Rocky Horror Picture show… so if it is a little strange then blame the backing music. :P Fantastic songs though. : ]

Recent Achievements

• Living in my new flat/bedsit for a week a 2 days. (Current song: I’m going home – Funny…)
• Living on my own for 4 days
• Working a full time job for 6 working days.
• Not breaking anything … at all
• Washing my hair without a shower regularly and successful – though not without complaining.
• Cooking tasty (to me) meals without setting fire to my kitchen.
• Not flooding the kitchen when I used the washing machine.
• Activating up a phone line despite BT’s beast efforts to stop me
• Breaking into my bathroom at 2am!

Recent Lessons

• Check to see if you have rice before you start cooking risotto! (although cuscus seems to work OK)
• It helps to remove the filters / analysers before trying to do a basic confocal image of some fluorescing cells.
• Never let a sales person (“some insects called the human race”) start their spiel concerning their current offers… particularly if you KNOW you aren’t interested.
• Irons come with a plastic cover on the hot bit… it helps to remove this before you turn it on. Although if you notice within about 10 seconds the damage can be rectified with patient peeling and then some acetone (nailpolish remover)

Current Aims

• Learn how to operate the storage heaters properly.
• Sort the kitchen out :P

Failures

• Unable to operate the lock on my bathroom - resulting in having to unscrew the lock fixture at 2am!
  

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