Thanks! It's a weird feeling tbh.

Also, I've realized that I wrote approx. 40% fewer recommendation letters in 2025 than the preceding two years. Not sure how I feel about that observation/metric.

I've let some creative sewing work sit abandoned for too long.
1. Need to finish a few baby (now toddler...) quilts as gifts.
2. I really want to dip my toes into learning how to sew a shirt/blouse from a pattern.

3. Get outside more. (Simple, but I want to relax by enjoying nature more.)

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.)