Sparkling

I have never felt more accomplished in my life. This was also the first time my PI came to watch me present. He was so proud of me I almost started crying out of sheer happiness. I eavesdropped on one of his conversations as I was putting stuff away.

"Is that your grad student? Can I steal her?"
"No, she's been my undergrad research assistant for four years"
"Undergrad?! Wow! o_o"
"I know, I got lucky."

Oh my gosh. Can someone just kill me right now? This would be the perfect time to die. I'm so happy my cheek muscles are going to atrophy. 1. Made a big impression on KEY people in the field of biochem 2. Made a room full of PhDs laugh 3. Got a thumbs up and huge smile from my PI. Somehow number 3 means the most to me. I find that these are the only people that understand my lame receptor jokes. "...this will result in a surface expressed, non-functional receptor... it's kind of like Senior year" I didn't even need to explain myself and all of them started cracking up. I do tend to appreciate people that understand my sense of humor.