Reality is here...

Before I go into work, I just wanted to babble. First of all, the cats took turns waking me up; my Chicago cold would alternate between the cats in also waking me up. Thank goodness for coffee!

I know that things are not going well in my lab when I get an email from the postdoc who sent out an e-mail to suggest a meeting to "boost morale". I did get a nice supportive e-mail from the collaborator I work with who is trying to arrange a trip to Tucson to meet. It's kind of one of those things like when you meet someone on the internet - we've talked on the phone, lots of e-mails, and now we may meet face to face.

Well, no more stalling...let's get this day over with. So that I can call my family and tell them what happened. I'll discuss this more later, but having a caring and supportive family at a time like this is nice.