I feel seen. I've gotten better over the years, but it is task dependent. Some folders are still secretly black holes

Nifty! I've been resisting because I find the free-hand so satisfying. Or maybe old habits die hard. That, and pulling my own spotters. (Though I often have to be the mysterious spotter fairy because the skill hasn't been picked up as easily by my mentees...)

Ahh, love the paw high-five! (Actually love all the furry cameos in this pic.)

Ditto to loving that part of the job. The amount of enthusiasm and curiosity I get to cultivate (and observe firsthand) is what makes this job special. (And helps me forget the annoying parts...)

Ugh. It's like putting salt on the wound. I'm sorry.

I had to be the bearer of bad news about no 2025 window to my colleague yesterday who wants to spearhead replacing our aging (and only) NMR.

yeah.... or just resource limited/constrained departments in general.

I'm a big fan of setting writing deadlines for myself (for both various proposal sections and the auxiliary documents). I'll inevitably miss a self-imposted deadline, but I build in buffer time, and the accountability helps.

Congrats! Can't wait to see what exciting work will come out of your lab!

I feel this so much. Spent a chunk of mine running reactions and trying to plan out some things to stay a step ahead of ordering needs (especially thinking toward summer.)

I have not but will look into it. I'm actually usually more of a board game person, so getting really into The Cave was a novel experience.

It's got quite a bit of dark humor, but I really enjoyed The Cave a few years ago because of the puzzle solving aspect combined with exploring.

I haven't even started these conversations yet because I'm too busy triaging the emotions of those nervous or worried about current applications.

The open source McMurry after using Karty for my first 5 years here.

Thanks! Me too. My break ended up being longer than I expected, and I really started to miss feeling connected to the greater chem community.