January has been a month of malfunctions. Just after our oven door came loose, which took three different visits from the repairman to fix, our garage door hinges snapped open also. Not having learned my lesson, I then ordered a Surface Pro 3 as a new laptop replacement, only to have it break down after just one day. It would have been less frustrating if I had not spent that entire day meticulously installing all the programs programs and customizing the settings. And for that extra twist of the knife, the keyboard Type Cover decided to poop out a week later as well. I was relieved that my office furniture arrived safely at least, but not before my DisplayPort cable snapped and my SLR telephoto lens fell to its demise. At work, I’m still trying to get experiments started while interviewing potential candidates for a junior technician position. With my NIH grant about to be submitted, I’m looking forward to some reprieve in the days ahead.