Life's a feast

Hello friends! I hope this post finds you well. I for one am well just busy as a bee so popping in to say hello. Things have been so hectic for me that I haven't had the time to cook (or craft but that's for another day). Tan has been taking good care of me and of dinners. The lovely feast above consists of BBQ chicken (with garlic sauce) from our local kebab place, fresh focaccia from the local bakery and a simple garden salad. Life is good here in Fairfield!
So the major source of busyness is of course my PhD. I've got so much on my mind I think it might explode! I've had a couple of months stressing over wacky data but that has now been solved. The whole time I thought with much anxiety that I had done something wrong (experimentally or in the processing of the data) but it turned out to be a real phenomenon. NBB4 is such an amazing bacteria! I'm happy to say there has been some progress since that ordeal. Just last week I had a major break through. The molecular constructs I've been developing since last year has finally worked. I was finally able to heterologously express my NBB4-proteins in another host and the amazing thing was they have activity! Now I am trying to confirm this activity in order to do further experiments. Hopefully after this I can achieve my aims and write up this section of my thesis. As for my mating experiment, this is my third attempt. I'm waiting on growth of transconjugants and donors so I could calculate the transfer frequency. I won't know for another month. After that, there are lots I wanna do with the transconjugants. I also have to contact a certain Chemist who can help me detect and identify break down products in my biodegradation experiments. On top of all this, my draft paper is due to my Supervisor by the end of the month along with abstracts for the various conferences I wanna attend this year. So much to do, so little time! but you know what? in the midst of this craziness I feel a deep sense of peace that's beyond myself. I am trusting in God's sovereignty and his providence over my life. He is always near so I have nothing to fear really. What's the worst that could happen? I don't submit on time. Ok off to work on those experiements now ciao!