First Week

Saturday morning, first week over. Biking in is really easy. The weather is the only negative as Friday it was a little wet on the route in: need to get some biking trousers. It is very windy in Cambridge, especially yesterday and today. I played footie with the guys from work which was good: I played average (not played for ages) but it was good to get playing again and to get some more exercise. The ride in is about 2 miles and my max so far is 7min50sec, thats moving time as I have to stop to cross Milton Road which is very busy. Work has been good, learning the ropes still, finding where everything is and people's names. Had a group meeting seeing what others are doing on the project. My work is to do with blocking a soduim channel in the peripheral nervous system, specifically to do with pain. I've made one final product which Ive put in for testing, as well as two others which are in various stages of synthesis/purification. Ive been wearing smart clothes all week, somthing i never did at tripos: it feels good, a little more hastle to get done in the morning perhaps, but when i get home change straight out of them and feel refreshed. Rather than stay in the same clothes all day all evening.
Ordered some flowers off interflora with the brother for mother's day tomorrow, just got an email from mum saying they arrived.Easy. Im going off to explore some of Cambridge today? I need a lot of stuff, quite skint at the moment until the 2nd payday (paid monthly unlike the agency contract people in the lab who are paid weekly). Ive been getting sandwiches from work (two delivery vans everyday go round the science park) but these are quite expensive so I might start making my own (?).