Case of the Randoms

[mosdub]

Jun 29, 2015 13:50:16 GMT -5 shemarie82 said:

Jun 29, 2015 13:49:04 GMT -5 teraiin said:

This is random, but shemarie82, how did your respite weekend go? (It was this past weekend right?) Maybe you talked about it and I missed it since I was so busy this past weekend....

It went REALLY well. The kids were great, and though I was tired, I am up to do it again.

Hopping on the "quiz shemarie82" train - how was your vacation in the pinkie finger?  

[shemarie82]

Jun 29, 2015 13:53:25 GMT -5 mosdub said:

Jun 29, 2015 13:50:16 GMT -5 shemarie82 said:

It went REALLY well. The kids were great, and though I was tired, I am up to do it again.

Hopping on the "quiz shemarie82" train - how was your vacation in the pinkie finger?  

We started with a horrible view, and were forced to spend our time doing a dune ride, wave runners, putt putt, bumper boats, and go-karts. And then on top of that we had to drink a lot of alcohol!

ETF: Picture size

[teraiin]

As far as laundry. I do all the laundry in terms of washing/drying. He folds (sometimes poorly, but I hate folding in general...) and puts it away.

I do all the dishes, dusting, and like 1/2 the vacuuming. He does like 1/2 of the vacuuming, most of the carpet shampooing, washes windows. and does outdoor stuff (mows, picks up dog poop, etc). I also do all of the cooking, make his lunch, etc. TBH it's all sort of developed on it's own and neither of us really feel like we get the short end of the stick. We help each other when we fall behind.

[joy]

Jun 29, 2015 12:34:31 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Does everyone out there do their partner's laundry?

My dad told me I was a bad wife because I don't do DH's laundry. He managed to do it himself until he was 32 and met me - I never felt the need to disrupt that flow.

Nooooooope! We do our own laundry.

[titania]

Jun 29, 2015 13:48:05 GMT -5 Ruca said:

Ahhh DH has an interview with UPS tomorrow, T&Ps would be so appreciated!! I'm trying not to get too excited but it's difficult. It would be amazing for him and our family

Sending positive vibes your way!

[pismoduo]

Jun 29, 2015 13:09:26 GMT -5 pinkcat said:

Jun 29, 2015 13:07:59 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

I don't iron. Literally.  It is the worst.  Luckily, most of my clothes that require ironing also require dry cleaning so that takes care of itself.

DH on the other hand, irons  his t-shirts. He LOVES to iron! It's so weird.

I don't iron either. As in, I have never ironed a single thing since we moved in together. If something is wrinkled, it's going in the dryer for a few minutes and that's that!

This is me. I try to buy stuff that resists wrinkles and doesn't require an iron to look good.

[pismoduo]

Jun 29, 2015 13:11:03 GMT -5 nuggetrn said:

Jun 29, 2015 12:43:19 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

They ported my email over to my new account last week. Itbwas basically a dump of all my emails from the last six years.

It's making me very twitchy that nothing is organized but I haven't been able to set aside the time to sort through six years of email yet.

O no! That sounds awful. I can't even imagine having to sort through 6 years of email!!!

I may give up and sort everything prior to 2015 into a folder for that year instead of mybusual classifications.

[requiressnacks]

Jun 29, 2015 13:58:24 GMT -5 joy said:

Jun 29, 2015 12:34:31 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Does everyone out there do their partner's laundry?

My dad told me I was a bad wife because I don't do DH's laundry. He managed to do it himself until he was 32 and met me - I never felt the need to disrupt that flow.

Nooooooope! We do our own laundry.

That makes 2 of us on GKU! haha.

[requiressnacks]

Jun 29, 2015 13:21:43 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

I'm loving the amount of recent Intros! Hopefully it's picking up.

I was just thinking the same thing! it's nice that there seems to be a balance between outgoing and incoming.

[mosdub]

Jun 29, 2015 13:55:59 GMT -5 shemarie82 said:

Jun 29, 2015 13:53:25 GMT -5 mosdub said:

Hopping on the "quiz shemarie82" train - how was your vacation in the pinkie finger?  

We started with a horrible view, and were forced to spend our time doing a dune ride, wave runners, putt putt, bumper boats, and go-karts. And then on top of that we had to drink a lot of alcohol!

ETF: Picture size

Ugh the WORST    
Looks beautiful!  I'm glad you had so much fun! 

[mosdub]

Re: Doing H's laundry

I wash fold and hang all the laundry but refuse to iron. I hate ironing. Guess what happened? H has his shirts done at the dry-cleaning place now. Maybe I should refuse to do more things...

[teraiin]

In case anyone was wondering, I ended up caving and got a second cup of coffee.

I'm sure you were all on the edge of your seats, wanting to know what I decided.

[titania]

H actually does all of our laundry... he needs to do it more often then I do since he runs out of basics more quickly, so he does mine too. He also folds cause I have been accused of being a lazy folder

[requiressnacks]

Jun 29, 2015 14:21:01 GMT -5 teraiin said:

In case anyone was wondering, I ended up caving and got a second cup of coffee.

I'm sure you were all on the edge of your seats, wanting to know what I decided.

You'll need energy for zumba. I support the 2nd cup.

[rooskie]

We have a $240 airline credit we have to use by the end of July and are looking at flying into Orlando in October. DH wants to drive to Tampa and go to Busch gardens. It is killing me not planning a trip to Disney. I might just do it to see what the price is.

[joy]

Jun 29, 2015 15:28:09 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Lab meeting seems like the ideal time to read Skyrim wikis.

Of all the things that I ignore in lab (no eating in lab, no shorts in lab, journal club, keeping up with papers), I always always always pay attention in group meeting. Like, annoyingly so. And I always have a logical, well organized presentation, too.

I'm so selective about what I pay careful attention to. Haha. Drinking coffee pipetting? Sure! Didn't read the journal club paper? Whatever. Missing group meeting? NOOO.

[joy]

Jun 29, 2015 15:28:09 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Lab meeting seems like the ideal time to read Skyrim wikis.

Have I asked what you are in lab? Post doc? Grad student?

[requiressnacks]

Yeah - why so quiet today?

[joy]

Jun 29, 2015 15:47:21 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Jun 29, 2015 15:43:28 GMT -5 joy said:

Have I asked what you are in lab? Post doc? Grad student?

I'm admin. Not too much sciencing for me, although I do get to sit in on a lot of really cool things.

This lab mtg was just ho-hum.

What's an admin? Do you have a science degree?

[graysweater]

Jun 29, 2015 13:48:05 GMT -5 Ruca said:

Ahhh DH has an interview with UPS tomorrow, T&Ps would be so appreciated!! I'm trying not to get too excited but it's difficult. It would be amazing for him and our family

FX for a good outcome! 

[pismoduo]

I'm up against the wall on a deadline, but I need a break, so here I am.

[graysweater]

Today has sucked! So swamped!

[joy]

Jun 29, 2015 15:56:51 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Jun 29, 2015 15:49:27 GMT -5 joy said:

What's an admin? Do you have a science degree?

I'm the Assistant (soon to be Associate) Director of Programs. Basically a fancy way of saying that I try to keep our projects moving, deal with HR and personnel issues, facilitate seminars for our staff, etc.

No science degree. Since I'm at a University I'm considering a Master's and trying to figure out what that would look like (science, public health, MBA). I think I want to stay in the field moving forward.

ETA: we have a lab of 60 so we are a lot bigger than most.

Huh. We have nothing like that here.

[paloslee]

joy I love SD. It's such a beautiful city. I wish I was closer. Im actually about a 2.5hrs drive from SD. I hope you're enjoying your time.

requiressnacks My teen does his own laundry but I do DH's and mine. I do not trust DH with my work clothes, he might shrink everything.

[joy]

Jun 29, 2015 15:59:22 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Jun 29, 2015 15:58:03 GMT -5 joy said:

Huh. We have nothing like that here.

lol ya we are unique.

Most of our funding is from patent royalties so we have a 3-person administration team to support our research team.

But you're an acdemic lab? And admins go to group meetings?

[paloslee]

Im a little too excited about the 4th of july headband I bought over the weekend. I am thinking about what I should wear with it

[pismoduo]

My HOA just tried to ban use of BBQs at people's homes because of the burn ban that's on. It went over about as well as you'd imagine.

[joy]

Jun 29, 2015 16:03:24 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Jun 29, 2015 15:59:48 GMT -5 joy said:

But you're an acdemic lab? And admins go to group meetings?

We are academic, yes. The university and the lab split royalties (along with a % going to the inventors).

I'm the only admin who goes because I need to know what everyone is working on and their specialties in order to do my job. I go to the general lab meeting (like today) which involves the biologists, biochemists, molecular modelers, and chemists and then we have a special biology team meeting Fridays that I facilitate along with one of our faculty members.

We are definitely very unique around here.

And I don't know how I got this job given the no science background. But it works somehow!

Very curious. I've worked a lot of big name places and have never heard of a set up like this. But hey! My current Pi is also trailblazing away!

[rablissful]

Re: laundry. We do our own laundry for the most part. I used to do his when we were at our old apartment because we didn't have a washer/dryer so I would take everything down once a week to my mom's house.

I should do his laundry though because ur NEVER gets put away. Ever. It stays in a basket in the basement. And if he does dog towels, those end up in the abyss down there too.

I don't mind ironing. I'm kind of anal about wrinkles so I iron all my work clothes.

[pismoduo]

Jun 29, 2015 16:03:24 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Jun 29, 2015 15:59:48 GMT -5 joy said:

But you're an acdemic lab? And admins go to group meetings?

We are academic, yes. The university and the lab split royalties (along with a % going to the inventors).

I'm the only admin who goes because I need to know what everyone is working on and their specialties in order to do my job. I go to the general lab meeting (like today) which involves the biologists, biochemists, molecular modelers, and chemists and then we have a special biology team meeting Fridays that I facilitate along with one of our faculty members.

We are definitely very unique around here.

And I don't know how I got this job given the no science background. But it works somehow!

Sometimes, that actually works better than putting someone who has a science background in. I have just enough tech knowledge to know when our IT staff are bullshitting me, but no where near enough to do their job or tell them how to. It makes me the ideal person to be a go-between for our IT folks and our business folks or the auditors. And it helps that they have to put the effort into explaining to me why exactly something's running behind.