Last Sunday I harvested DRGs from a batch of 6 day old rats, and there was one left over. The options were limited: either dispatch him humanely since his mom was already gone, or take him home for Melody to play with. After five days of hand feeding human baby formula via syringe every 4 hrs (luckily Melody’s on vacation this week) and playing Miyazaki tunes in the background, Sammy has gotten fat and sassy at 11 days old. It’s pretty surprising, given that we weren’t even sure he was going to make even one night without his mom. This has been the only work highlight in the last few weeks. Otherwise, I’m being flogged at work, trying to submit a manuscript by Sunday. There has been some time to enjoy Restaurant Week, however. On Thursday Melody and I went to Anthem, which offered a very creative 3-course meal, preceded by an amuse and followed by a take-home treat, for just $30 each. Lucky for us, some of the other participating restaurants have extended the opportunity for prix-fixe meals, so we’ll be taking advantage of that in the next several days.
Hey Glenn, that picture came as a surprise! It's cute to hear that you are becoming a "papa" to a little mouse. You are so lucky. So many interesting things happening in your life. (envious sigh)
Hey Brenda! Good to finally hear from you. We certainly have a lot of catching up to do. Many things are indeed happening in my life, but until I get a bit of reprieve from work, it\\\’ll be pretty rough going in the days ahead (fatigued sigh).