One Day HH

I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. You can read more about it on San’s blog the in between is mine. #nablopomo2022

Well, besides #nablopomo2022 today I was also doing #onedayhh by @laura.tremaine on Instagram. You basically document your day hour by hour with a picture either in stories or post. You can read more about it on her website 10 Things to Tell You if you want to know more. So here goes my day in pictures (and some more words).

6am – always first coffee. I am not a morning person and nothing works without a coffee first.

7am – one kid is already out of the house for band and lunches are prepped. Breakfast, shower, kitchen clean up and reading the news are up next.

8am – school drop off and on the way to work we go.

9am – had to get some dry ice to freeze down samples. Ethanol + dry ice makes for some fun fog. It somehow never gets old…

10am – looking at some green cells through the microscope

11am – getting ready to take care of my cell babies

1:30pm – heading home to pick up the car to go pick-up my son from school. Mondays are my short days in the lab. There was a lot of running back and forth, cell culture, prepping and dropping off a package, replying to some e-mails, etc. Time went by quickly today but it was also a very quiet day because some of the student joined the picket lines for the strike.

2:30pm – came to pick-up a little early to beat the pick-up craziness. I had to take a quick picture of the view. Isn’t this awesome? It’s very similar to the school yard view. They can see San Francisco, the Golden Gate and Bay bridge, Alcatraz, the bay (and they could not care less).

4pm- back in the car after the next school drop off. Mondays are for German school for the kids. At least there was no complaining from my son this time. In between I took out the garbage bins and quickly filled up the green bin.

4:30pm – did some gift shopping at our local gift shop. The woman who runs the shop (Jenny K) also has kids in the local schools and she does a fundraiser once a year – makes me feel a little less guilty if I buy something for myslef 😉

5pm – it’s getting dark early. Came home to this gorgeous sunset.

5:30pm – finally the descaler arrived and I was able to descale our coffee machine. Better keep this baby in good working condition.

6pm – My good friend Veronica came over for tea and gave me an early birthday present. I do love a surprise and the garden-hand-care-kit will come in handy very soon I am sure. Isn’t the card beautiful? It even has two and not one bird (so no loneliness here).

After 6pm I caved in. The rest of the family got home by 6:45pm, my friend stayed until 7pm and I still had to finish dinner (fried rice with potstickers). By the time we ate, the kitchen was cleaned up and it quieted down it was already 9pm. Now I am sitting here finishing up the post (which is going up tomorrow) and hope to read a couple of blog posts before falling into bed. It does not really sound like much but somehow especially Monday always flies by. How was your start in the week?

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German by birth, American by choice - home in both places. Always trying to make sense of it all. Mom, wife, friend, researcher, crafter, gardener, holder of schedules (in no particular order).

16 thoughts on “One Day HH”

  1. LOL at the two birds comment. It will become something you notice all the time now and I am SO SORRY. What a lovely and thoughtful gift from your friend – there’s nothing like a little self-care.

    Taking a photo every hour sounds absolutely exhausting. You’re definitely a better woman than I am for doing that! It IS fun to see how everyone’s day goes, though. And your outdoors photos are so pretty. I am a little envious of your glorious weather.

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    1. Haha, yes the pairs – I might be stuck with it now. It’s so something my daughter would pick up, too.
      I am very glad to have that particular friend. We don’t see each other that often but she always thinks of me. Our kids are best friends, too.
      Can’t beat California fall weather. But that’s what we pay for around here 😉

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  2. What a gorgeous view! It’s so easy to take things like that for granted (as adults, too – not just in kids), but it really is magnificient. I live in a beautiful part of the world and have made more of an effort this year to ACTUALLY pay attention to how pretty it is.
    Monday was fine; my kids have been home sick/on school vacation for almost a week and I’m ready for them to be back to school. I work from home on a big research project and every three months have to prep a big report for the main funding agency behind the research…and that’s due today. So not ideal for concentration to have both kids home (solo because my husband is overseas for work right now). But it will get done and I’m really, really hoping both kids stay healthy the rest of the week!

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    1. I know exactly how that feels. My husband has periods where he is gone on meetings and having the kids home sick and trying to work is so hard. I hope they don’t catch anything new. There is lots going around right now besides covid so fingers crossed

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  3. That was so much fun (I already followed along on IG yesterday!) and I agree, that view over the bay is gorgeous (my friend’s house is up the hill and she basically has a view from her living room window). It’s pretty neat.

    I am glad you had a good productive Monday and a little tea time with a friend (who brought an early birthday present). So, when is your birthday?

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  4. This was fun! I love seeing what people’s lives are like. It always strikes me… how easy our lives would be if we didn’t have kids!!! Imagine just getting up and getting yourself to work, and then home… of course, life would be much emptier as well. So you also have a kid in band- we have a lot of early morning rehearsals around here too.
    I’ll wait till tomorrow to wish you a happy birthday, just in case- don’t want to bring you bad luck ; )

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    1. She really enjoys band and the teacher is awesome. Jazz band which happens before school is voluntary and she gets herself up each day because she wants to go. She is shy and always worried that she is not good enough but I think she is doing fine. She may not make a career out of it (who knows what is going to happen) but it makes me happy that she has this group of people and that she loves music.
      Yes, life maybe would be easier without kids but I would not want to miss it for a second. Sometimes I do imagine how nice a break would be though 😉

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  5. This made me laugh, “They can see San Francisco, the Golden Gate and Bay bridge, Alcatraz, the bay (and they could not care less).” TRUE for most kids, it seems. Hehe.

    This seems like a very productive day! I love getting these glimpses into everyone’s daily life. 🙂

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  6. Lovely views – and weather. Thank you for sharing. ❤
    I also love the Minions sticker on the water bottle – they always make me laugh out loud, literally, when I see them. 🙂 And I, too, am in awe of your ability to document your day like this – especially the cell culture. Ah, memories. (It's been a LONG time since I've been in a lab where cell culture occurs… I didn't do it but hung out with those who did…)

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  7. Thank you for the peek into your life. I had seen a few images on instagram but of course all random in appearance so this was nice.
    I am wondering – probably said it somewhere already – but what kind of lab work do you do? What is the thing you are trying to figure out. It is such a different world than mine but I am very curious.

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      1. Oh, my goodness – this is so cool! What type of therapy are you using? And what diseases? Sorry, I am a nurse researcher and genomics & epigenetics are my focus areas… and my dad is a retired ophthalmologist. I saw this reply to Tobia and had to hop over here to learn more, if you are willing to share!

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      2. Small world – we are using adeno-associated virus (AAV) in our animal models. Right now this is mostly mouse lines without photoreceptors as we try to make other cells light sensing by introducing new channels. We also had projects improving AAVs to make them better infect certain cell types in the retina. And yes, I agree it’s cool 🙂

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