Oh noooooo I’ve turned into the 1am catch up emailing academic 😭 To be fair, facing being out of office for 2 months, flying out 3 days after a grant submission really pushes you to get things done…

You can all thank me for the sunny weather l. It’s my eye screening today. You’re welcome.

We have somehow against the odds made it to Canada after some last minute eTA issues, an M25 closure and about 3 hours sleep in the last 24 hours. See you in September England!

Obviously never leaving Canada

Finally found bears. Cried like a baby. Very good day.

Slowing down in Canada 🇨🇦 Getting some great work done and spending the weekends in the trees and sea

Just caught up on the UK news and decided I might just stay in Canada?

Still in Canada for another 3 weeks! Spent the week running some very long experiments for proof of concept, and this coming week is the big one where we go for gold. Still making time outside of the lab for Canadian adventures though 🥰

Today I wore a floppy hat and held a big stick Good day

Very happy to report I have held my first ever Ackerman Group Meeting, complete with an authentic Colin the Caterpillar. It is still INSANE to me that I am trusted to help multiple students get degrees.

Currently existing under blankets with a surprise kidney infection. Big shout out to my hot water bottle for its support during this time, and to Stanley cups for the giant volume of liquid they can hold so I can minimise leaving my sofa for drinks.

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