從幾個禮拜以前，我的肚皮就開始發紅，本來以為是因為我壓到還是一直抓癢，後來發現他就是持續一直紅紅的，問了醫生，他說這是正常現象，因為肚皮擴張容易充血，然後有些人發癢的程度比較嚴重。那我還蠻幸運的，雖然也會癢，但不算太嚴重。
因為我在家都穿著細肩帶上衣，有時候穿著穿著衣服越來越高就會露出肚子。涵涵昨天跟我說，你不覺得你現在肚子露在外面的時間比被蓋起來的長嗎？肚子又紅紅的，是要生紅孩兒嗎？
雖然涵涵一直口口聲聲說他還是沒辦法接受要當爸爸這件事，但他真的有一點一滴、緩慢的在接受中。像是他常常會講到說以後小孩的教育問題啊，要學些什麼啊，看電影看到父女之間的相處也會說等到以後女兒交男朋友了他可能會很難適應等等。那天假日去實驗室，看到一個post-doc帶著女兒在做實驗，他也有感而發的在說女兒真的還蠻貼心的，等到不用替他們把屎把尿之後，應該會很覺得很幸福吧。聽他這樣說其實蠻感動的，因為我現在在家裡閒晃上網，做些無聊的事情時，開始會想到說以後根本就不能享受這樣的生活耶，小孩永遠都在那裡，除非乖乖的一直在睡覺，大部分的時候我們根本就不是自由自在的想要發呆就能發呆這麼簡單；想要出門吃飯也還要準備小孩的東西，不是說走就走；要訂旅遊計畫也要考慮小孩子能不能一起；假日想要賴床想必也不能隨心所欲的睡到自然醒；更不用說什麼朋友聚會，晚上去誰家看電影這種事情了，越想我就越覺得可怕。
有時候想想，我們兩個真的都還是小孩子，即使年紀已經也不小了，但說要對另一個生命負責任，好像真的有點沈重，當然我對於寶寶的來臨也不完全只有負面的感覺，只是想著想著，就越來越擔心。
但即使是這樣，我還是不會把小孩送回台灣的！
2007年8月26日 星期日
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2007年8月25日 星期六
床
http://udn.com/NEWS/FASHION/FAS7/3985332.shtml
今天在網路新聞看到義大利Signoria寢具的介紹，也就是上面這張照片，這個床單組我沒有特別喜歡，但目光倒是被這張床架吸引住了，好漂亮好精緻喔！我試著查了一下，但還是搞不清楚這個床架是那個牌子的，當然啦，即使知道了也應該是買不起吧，只是看到了就非常想要擁有呢！
話說我們搬到這個新家之後都還沒有買新家具，也沒有計畫要買什麼，不過最近兩個人都有志一同的嫌Queen size的床太小，想要換個King的，可能是因為我變胖了吧，一直擠到涵涵，哈哈。
如果有人知道哪裡買的到類似的也歡迎提供資訊喔！
2007年8月23日 星期四
Udon藏骨頭
我們有買豬皮或牛皮做的那種骨頭給Udon啃，一方面是讓他有事做，一方面也是清潔牙齒的功能。最近在costco買的那種他好像不是很喜歡，常常看他吃一吃就丟到一旁，而且有幾次我們都在沙發的縫隙裡面找到，我總想Udon很笨，吃一吃就忘記被塞進去，也不會去挖出來吃。
今天下午我在家唸書的時候，想說他好久沒吃了，於是拿了一隻新骨頭出來給他啃，他帶著骨頭走來走去，好像啃了一會兒，後來帶著骨頭走上沙發。
我看著他不像一般時候坐臥在沙發上，準備享用骨頭，而是站的直挺挺的，忽然之間，他把骨頭放在角落，開始用頭去頂沙發套。首先他很努力的把腳下墊子的部分往骨頭推，再把把手的部分往下推，最後把靠背的套子往下擠，整個過程很像是在沙堆裡面埋骨頭一樣，可惜的是沙發套沒辦法隨他所想的把骨頭蓋起來，我是邊看邊詫異著，你到底在幹嘛啊？
這下子我終於知道Udon的秘密了，原來他並不是吃著吃著把骨頭弄丟，而是有計畫的把骨頭藏在沙發裡面啊！那一副認真的樣子真的好可愛喔，雖然他最後還是沒辦法成功的把骨頭藏進去沙發裡面，但我看得出他已經盡力了！真的超可愛的，可惜我手邊沒有相機，要不然就可以把那一瞬間錄下來了。
回味一下小時候的Udon吧，現在是那時候的兩倍大囉。
今天下午我在家唸書的時候，想說他好久沒吃了，於是拿了一隻新骨頭出來給他啃，他帶著骨頭走來走去，好像啃了一會兒，後來帶著骨頭走上沙發。
我看著他不像一般時候坐臥在沙發上，準備享用骨頭，而是站的直挺挺的，忽然之間，他把骨頭放在角落，開始用頭去頂沙發套。首先他很努力的把腳下墊子的部分往骨頭推，再把把手的部分往下推，最後把靠背的套子往下擠，整個過程很像是在沙堆裡面埋骨頭一樣，可惜的是沙發套沒辦法隨他所想的把骨頭蓋起來，我是邊看邊詫異著，你到底在幹嘛啊？
這下子我終於知道Udon的秘密了，原來他並不是吃著吃著把骨頭弄丟，而是有計畫的把骨頭藏在沙發裡面啊！那一副認真的樣子真的好可愛喔，雖然他最後還是沒辦法成功的把骨頭藏進去沙發裡面，但我看得出他已經盡力了！真的超可愛的，可惜我手邊沒有相機，要不然就可以把那一瞬間錄下來了。
回味一下小時候的Udon吧，現在是那時候的兩倍大囉。
2007年8月17日 星期五
Chicago困難重重之旅-4
第二天上午我們睡的很飽之後就出發去逛街囉，因為筱嵐家就在downtown裡面，所以走路就可以到所有的景點。我們先去吃了超好吃的brunch，然後第一站來到Chicago river旁的Wrigley building，先去Chicago's Original Boat Tours買下午的cruise船票（$22/person）。
然後走到了millenium park
然後走到了millenium park
2007年8月14日 星期二
frustrating...
Yesterday I was doing a very long experiment, basically I worked the whole day without any rest. I need to phenotype my conditional KO mice, and with 3 mice per group, I have 9 mice to analyze.
In the normal situation, analyzing 9 mice is not too big a deal. However, this is my first time screening, so to be more careful, we collected 5 different tissues including bone marrow, spleen, payer's patch, peritoneal cells and thymus. Therefore, yes, I have 45 cells to count, which took me almost 3 hours!
I know I am not phisically strong enough to work so long right now, but this is a very important experiment and there's no way I can stop and come back to work the next day. When I finished counting cells and started to stain with antibodies, it was almost 6 pm. I was exhausted. And here comes the tragedy. After I washed the cells and centrifuge them, cells were frozen!!!!!
I checked the centrifuge, the temperature setting was at -2 C. It is very wired because I was the only one using the machine yesterday, and I didn't adjust the setting at all. It is possible that somebody accidently touched it and wasn't aware of, and of course, I might be the "somebody".
Anyways I was shocked for couple seconds and then immediately put the cells into 37C waterbath trying to rescue them. But I know once cells are frozen, they might all be lyzed. I sadly kept staining and fixed the cells. When I left the lab, it was almost 9pm.
It is a very bad idea to do a very long experiment alone. Although my boss helped me to collect the tissues in the morning, it is still very tiring. I was sad and frustrating this morning when I told my boss what happened this morning in the lab meeting. Other people in the lab told me the centrifuge is old and the temperature setting sometimes just goes crazy. Oh well, I guess I am just unlucky, the machine knows I am new to the lab.
Since cells are still there, I analyzed them by flow cytometry this afternoon. Surprisingly, they looked OK!
Maybe I am not that unlucky afterall. Haha.
Conclusion: Never ever do any experiment alone during after hour!!!!!!
In the normal situation, analyzing 9 mice is not too big a deal. However, this is my first time screening, so to be more careful, we collected 5 different tissues including bone marrow, spleen, payer's patch, peritoneal cells and thymus. Therefore, yes, I have 45 cells to count, which took me almost 3 hours!
I know I am not phisically strong enough to work so long right now, but this is a very important experiment and there's no way I can stop and come back to work the next day. When I finished counting cells and started to stain with antibodies, it was almost 6 pm. I was exhausted. And here comes the tragedy. After I washed the cells and centrifuge them, cells were frozen!!!!!
I checked the centrifuge, the temperature setting was at -2 C. It is very wired because I was the only one using the machine yesterday, and I didn't adjust the setting at all. It is possible that somebody accidently touched it and wasn't aware of, and of course, I might be the "somebody". Anyways I was shocked for couple seconds and then immediately put the cells into 37C waterbath trying to rescue them. But I know once cells are frozen, they might all be lyzed. I sadly kept staining and fixed the cells. When I left the lab, it was almost 9pm.
It is a very bad idea to do a very long experiment alone. Although my boss helped me to collect the tissues in the morning, it is still very tiring. I was sad and frustrating this morning when I told my boss what happened this morning in the lab meeting. Other people in the lab told me the centrifuge is old and the temperature setting sometimes just goes crazy. Oh well, I guess I am just unlucky, the machine knows I am new to the lab.
Since cells are still there, I analyzed them by flow cytometry this afternoon. Surprisingly, they looked OK!
Maybe I am not that unlucky afterall. Haha.Conclusion: Never ever do any experiment alone during after hour!!!!!!
2007年8月12日 星期日
雜記
1. 網誌右下方放了可愛的貓咪溫度計，按一下兩個圈圈那個地方會顯示houston現在的溫度，貓咪也會跟著天氣呈現不同的姿勢，很可愛喔。不過最近幾天houston都是heat advisory，一整天超過100F以上的時間有好幾個小時，真的快熱爆了！
2. UT daycare的價錢是一個月$700，而且有長長的waiting list，不知道我們到底排不排的到呢？
3. 提不起勁唸書，很苦惱，而且上兩星期做的實驗都是genome typing，覺得自己很廢，還好明天要做一堆實驗，希望有好data。
4. 好像開始有點水腫了，晚上比較明顯。
5. 想要再養一隻貓跟kobe作伴。
6. 最近購物慾很旺盛，但衣服鞋子什麼的，喜歡也不能買（不能穿或穿不下），只好把目標轉移到跟身材無關的東西上，很辛酸啊！
7. 雖然不需要你們欺哄我說我懷孕沒有胖太多，但基本上孕婦還是不喜歡討論體重話題的，謝謝大家。
2007年8月10日 星期五
Lucky
I guess I am lucky in a way.
One of our friends is also pregnant almost at the same time as I. But she has been in hospital since 3 weeks ago because of bleeding and constraction. Her doctor recommends her to stay in the hospital until 37 weeks, which means 7 weeks more. I can't imagine how difficult it will be if I have to go through the same torture.
Thank God I have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Although my baby doesn't have love from father yet, at least we both are doing well.
Right now my only worry is that Udon may not get along with the baby, or I should say, Udon may want to "play with" (or just "play") the baby all the time. Hopefully Udon will be mature enough to become a big brother to her. BTW, Udon is right now 62 pounds!!! Soooo big!!!
I still don't have any idea about her name, any suggestion?
One of our friends is also pregnant almost at the same time as I. But she has been in hospital since 3 weeks ago because of bleeding and constraction. Her doctor recommends her to stay in the hospital until 37 weeks, which means 7 weeks more. I can't imagine how difficult it will be if I have to go through the same torture.
Thank God I have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Although my baby doesn't have love from father yet, at least we both are doing well.
Right now my only worry is that Udon may not get along with the baby, or I should say, Udon may want to "play with" (or just "play") the baby all the time. Hopefully Udon will be mature enough to become a big brother to her. BTW, Udon is right now 62 pounds!!! Soooo big!!!I still don't have any idea about her name, any suggestion?
2007年8月6日 星期一
寄信真方便
之前幫朋友訂衣服，結果訂錯尺寸，其實早就要寄回去換了，可是每天出門回家的時間都跟郵局上班很不合，於是一拖拖了兩個禮拜，昨天忽然想到，要是再不退，搞不好會換不到尺寸，所以打定主意想說要早起去一趟郵局。但好像是因為我沒有大信封可以裝吧，居然還是莫名其妙的直接把衣服帶去學校了。
快中午的時候經過學校的郵件室，順手拿了一個flat rate的priority信封，想說應該放的進去兩件衣服，拿是拿了，但本來我是小氣的想寄平信，畢竟郵資要自己負擔。上網查了一下郵資，發現其實可以刷卡印郵票出來，而且只要輸入收件人寄件人的資料，就可以印出整張包含郵資還有條碼的詳細單據，接下來貼到信封上就可以投到郵筒了呢（要是再懶一點，還可以要求郵差去你家或公司取件喔）。可惜這個服務不適用於平信，於是本人的懶惰戰勝三元美金，最後還是用priority mail寄出了。
老實說，郵局離我們家其實很近，但想到只要有印表機，隨時都可以印郵資就覺得非常方便，唯一的麻煩就是要有秤囉，還好實驗室都有電子秤，不擔心不擔心。只是這種懶人的便利措施，我怎麼會到現在才想到要用啊？真是愧對於自己。不過話說回來，要寄國際包裹可能也不行這麼懶，因為還是得要填海關單子那些的。
以上就是懶人一定要知道的自行印郵資法，分享給大家。
p.s. 學校的郵件室可以幫你秤還有計算郵資，但只有自動販賣郵票機，不能直接跟他買郵資，所以還是有些不方便。well，也是可以買很多張41 cent 的郵票貼滿整個信封啦，只是有點累人。
快中午的時候經過學校的郵件室，順手拿了一個flat rate的priority信封，想說應該放的進去兩件衣服，拿是拿了，但本來我是小氣的想寄平信，畢竟郵資要自己負擔。上網查了一下郵資，發現其實可以刷卡印郵票出來，而且只要輸入收件人寄件人的資料，就可以印出整張包含郵資還有條碼的詳細單據，接下來貼到信封上就可以投到郵筒了呢（要是再懶一點，還可以要求郵差去你家或公司取件喔）。可惜這個服務不適用於平信，於是本人的懶惰戰勝三元美金，最後還是用priority mail寄出了。
老實說，郵局離我們家其實很近，但想到只要有印表機，隨時都可以印郵資就覺得非常方便，唯一的麻煩就是要有秤囉，還好實驗室都有電子秤，不擔心不擔心。只是這種懶人的便利措施，我怎麼會到現在才想到要用啊？真是愧對於自己。不過話說回來，要寄國際包裹可能也不行這麼懶，因為還是得要填海關單子那些的。
以上就是懶人一定要知道的自行印郵資法，分享給大家。
p.s. 學校的郵件室可以幫你秤還有計算郵資，但只有自動販賣郵票機，不能直接跟他買郵資，所以還是有些不方便。well，也是可以買很多張41 cent 的郵票貼滿整個信封啦，只是有點累人。
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