Week 25

Welcome back and happy Tuesday! I'm getting caught up and back on track.  What a start to our summer and now we're looking at 4th of July right around the corner.  Every week in July is already booked with stuff too.  It's a lot but also a lot of good and fun things to come.

Until then here are the pictures from last week:

Day 167- Monday, 6/16/25

 I didn't have time to make it to the store over the weekend so after work today I tried to kick off the week with a shopping trip to stock up on items for meal plan options that will get us through the rest of the days.  Ideally I like avoid multiple trips to the store throughout the work week.

Day 168- Tuesday, 6/17/25

Today we are at a different type of store after work.  The Ace Hardware store in Woodland welcomed our dog training class back.  The dogs love it here and it really is a great way to help teach them to behave even with detractions.  Bailey loves the garden area and the of course the pet aisles.  Her least favorite part is the automatic door but she's getting the hang of it.

Day 169- Wednesday, 6/18/25

Wednesday at work one of my international grad students stopped by to give me a thank you gift for helping him complete his MPVM (Master of Preventative Veterinary Medicine) program.  It's a beautiful hand painted plate from his home country of Costa Rica.  That was very nice and thoughtful of him.  Then later I got to demo a new toy for the lab that has the potential to make our slide production process more efficient while helping improve ergonomics by reducing strain from repetitive motions while pipetting. 

Day 170- Thursday, 6/19/25

I was off today for the Juneteenth holiday and thankfully Rusty was adamant about helping me relax.  I also had the time to book an upcoming vacation to Maui for end of August.  We'll be staying in the Wailea area but will of course venture out to explore other parts of the island.  We've been to Oahu and Kauai but not Maui before.  Super excited!  This will be our first real vacation trip in 3 years.

  

Day 171- Friday, 6/20/25

Having yesterday off was a nice break but made for a long work day today.  We had to mass produce more slides, and because the weekend is up next, something we would normally do in 2 days had to get done all today.  First step was spinning down our antigen and now the rest is history with over 800 slides made using our new toy which took some getting used to but did help a lot once we got the hang of it.  After all that it was nice to get outside to see and feel the gorgeous day.  On my walk to the car I was able to capture a few good shots of these beautiful wild sunflowers that are now seen all over the valley--they're a sure sign of summer around here.

Day 172- Saturday, 6/21/25

This week we also got a work trip booked for end of July.  I get to present a poster for one of my grad students who has been advised not to travel out of the country (sad sign of the times), but I'm more than happy to help because this will be a fun conference to attend with a lot of our colleagues going and in an amazing cooler place to be instead of stuck here in the hot valley.  In other news, Bailey is hoping I have some leftover chicken from my lunch to share with her, but sorry pup, this bowl is empty.

Day 173- Sunday, 6/22/25

Today we were at Lafayette Reservoir for a picnic with our bay area friends.  It was a nice cooler day and we had a good spot with lots of shade right by the water.  This place is hopping on the weekends.  There is a nice paved 3 mile loop trail around the lake that a lot of people take advantage of.  It was great to see so many people of all ages out walking with their dogs, kids and friends.  We on the other hand mostly ate and drank--LOL!

That's it for now and hope to see you back next week.