Last couple weeks of work

The past couple of weeks have been quite busy for me as I've been finishing up the total synthesis of my compound. In fact, I just completed the last synthetic step of my compound today. Over the past week, it's been more or less the same: lab work until dinner time, and then work on my poster and powerpoint presentation afterwards. It's not as bad as it sounds, however, because the organic labs are shutting down a couple of weeks before the physical and analytical labs due to Olympic regulations. That means that I essentially have two weeks to relax before heading back to the states. This weekend, I'm taking a trip with my lab to Cheng De, the city where emperors used to spend their summers. Next week, I'm taking a trip to Wuhan to visit some of my family members. So everything has worked out pretty well.