The bitch is back

Since the inception of this blog, the beginning of summer has translated into resolution time. It's not that I don't believe in New Year's resolutions, but with the cold weather and dark hours it I find it difficult to stick with them. Summer is a happy time. A good time to start new things.

Most resolutions are based in positives. Things or actions that will make you healthier or wealthier. They are designed to move you foward in your life. I've decided to take a different approach this year. My graduation is starting to become imminent. I have worn out my usefulness in the lab. It is time I get a job. But before that happens, I plan on taking this summer to do things that are perhaps not good for me and to temporarily regain some bad habits.

1) Eat more processed foods, especially those with refined flour.
This Sunday, I had a taste for a grilled cheese sandwhich. Because part of Brookline was closed down for a Flag Day parade, I was forced to go to the grocery store and make my own grilled cheese. Now, I almost never go to the regular grocery store anymore restricting myself to the far more convenient Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. At the grocery store, I purchased Pepperidge Farm White Sandwich Bread, Kraft American Singles, Frosted Flakes, Prince Spaghetti, and 2 tomatoes. All of it is and was delicious. So I am going to take a break from Organic Multigrain bread, Flax seed cereals, and real cheese.

2) Bring the bitchy attitude back at work.
For a while, I was helpful and fairly nice. But with limited time to finish things, I have brought the bitch back. This past week, I have tangoed with operations to fix our temperature in the lab ( so much so that now they have some one coming by every midnight to make sure the temp does not fluctuate more than 5 degrees). Also, yesterday when showing the postdoc (for the third time) how to make gels, I gave him a lecture on focusing on the task at hand and then had him repeat it back to me. The bitch in me though I think is an expression that I care. Letting things go was just an easy way out.

3) Stop killing my plants.
Okay so this one is fairly positive. I do not have a green thumb, but I have vowed that this summer I will not kill the basil plant I just bought. I will also try to grow flowers seeds I got at N's wedding on Saturday.

4) Start buying less books and more clothes/beauty products.
I looked at my amazon shopping list and noticed that I buy a lot of books online. Maybe I should try the library more, but really I think I should be a little more materistic and stop spending my money on something that could make me a better person, and start spending it on something that will make me look like a better person.

5) Petty revenge plots.
That's right. This summer, I will perform a number of petty get-back-at-them schemes to whomever piss me off. I had forgotten how satisfying they are. And I say to heck with Karma. So be aware.....