Week in advance: 14-20 December

With the upcoming holidays, school will be closed for two weeks and thus the next couple days in the lab are actually the last of the year.  Even though I will not have access to the university during the shut down, I will continue to work from home.  Amongst everything I have at least two manuscripts to write, a thesis to start, a talk for a conference (AMN-7) to prepare and still plenty of hardware and software jobs, but that's for next week.  This week I need to focus on tasks that can only be finished in the lab.  I have two samples I prepared last Friday that I would like to run on a couple instruments.  Additionally, any bits and pieces I want to bring home over the break I need to organise.  I know come Friday at noon we'll start to be herded off campus and tomorrow afternoon I have my regular volunteer shift.  That doesn't give me too much time so I'll need to get right into work and make the most of my days.