Goodbye, Lab. We shall meet again someday.
Well, the summer of Chemistry is over. The lab is clean (for once), the Iron Man competition is over, and all the little researchers have headed home. I had a grand time through it all, but I suppose a change of pace will be nice. Maybe after a few days I’ll even be able to cook without thinking, “So I’ve been letting this simmer for 15 minutes . . . Wait, I need to be writing this down. . . Shoot, I don’t know what mass of oregano I used. . . Wait a second. . . Right, I’m not actually in lab right now. Just cook, Sarah, just cook.” Not that I actually cooked anything more complicated than grilled cheese very often, but when I did I seriously would get momentarily confused. Anyway, this summer has been a lot of fun, and I’ve met a lot of cool people, and I’m really going to miss the experience. I very much hope that I’ll be able to do it again next year.