Ribs Norman

Back after half-term to the science tech nightmare: the freezer defrosted. Biology did not survive.

#ScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour #LabLife #SchoolScience #SciencePrep

Foggy drive home, shoulders round my ears, but the gig was good. New material landed. The least weasel bit did well. Home safe. Time for a cuppa.

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Off to a standup gig in London. Already managed to lose a carrot and we all know that tea will be scalding until 9pm.

It’s all up my nails. I do not like it.

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Future Me will be pleased. Current Me is filling 200 tiny pots of salt.

#SchoolScienceTechnician #ADHDBrain #ItsNotAllGlamour #LabLife #SatisfyingJobs

Sometimes it is all glamour. School staff gig: gold jumpsuit, perfect green room snacks, and all rounded off with fat chips back at home.

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Child is making a cake. Asked where the piping bag was. I have just received this photo of it with the caption: "Literally prehistoric."

To be fair, it does look pretty manky. Quite glad the cake isn't gluten free…

Put the dog's food in the bowl and then Hand-of-Doomed it all over the floor. I'm calling it enrichment. (Weird name for a dog, I know.)

I have just tried to eat a tea bag. It seems I put it in my Huel pot and not my tea mug. I think I might be a bit tired.

Fast plants. Slow camera. Lettuce showing off how water moves through leaves.

#ScienceTechnician
#PlantScience
#Timelapse
#STEMTok
#ItsNotAllGlamour

Left alone in a lift and I can't help myself. Please tell me this isn’t just me. Echolalia… echolalia… echo…

#ItsNotAllGlamour #Echolalia #Neurodivergent #ScienceTech #WorkplaceHumour

Warm hands, cold heart. No late requests approved today!

(Clearly a lie, I am a people pleaser.)

Turns out I'm the only gluten-free staff member, so I get all the pies!

#GlutenFree #MincePies #SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour

Been busy in the workshop today. There may have been some swearing at the Cricut…

#ConicalFlask #earrings #MakerLife #cricut #ItsNotAllGlamour

The worst noise in the world? The "I don't know what is making that sound" noise.

I swear I'd relax if someone told me it's just a murderer sharpening his axe.

I just said this to a colleague: "Chopped one of those brains up - I thought it was actually pretty firm." Not something you say every day.

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On Thursday he ate 5 autumn leaves, but he was still hungry.

On Thursday he ate 5 autumn leaves, but he was still hungry.

I've inadvertently made an autistic puppet - she cannot make eye contact! And I'm allowed to say this because I am autistic :)

#autistic #audhd #adhd #eyecontact #puppet

Had to prep for flower dissections next week but the budget is, as ever, non-existent. So I went bindweed-hunting down a suspicious-looking alley on my cycle route. Found some promising blooms: free, trumpet-shaped, and just waiting to be dissected. Education on a shoestring.

Our birds have been bathing in a filthy gutter for weeks. Felt bad. My son got me a proper bird bath (very thoughtful). Assembled it—no instructions, of course. But where should it go? Shade or sun? Near the old gutter spot? What would you want if you were a sparrow?

Adventures in microbiology: today I pressure-cooked some E coli plates. Four alarms, one dodgy test strip, a bag of goo, and it's finally in the bin. Science is glamorous - if you like the smell of warm agar and the sound of endless alarms.

Forgot I had a science practical to prep. Only 50 minutes to get it ready. Got a trolley and prepared to race around the prep room… turns out the only item was dice. Now what to do with the other 49 minutes?

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Yes, I'm wearing two dresses at the same time, creating a bold double-puff sleeve look. It's a fashion statement that declares: "I simply cannot regulate my body temperature in a room that's just 18 degrees Celsius."

I can’t wait for December 1st! I’ve got a brand-new fake Lego advent calendar, and I’ll be posting about it daily. So, if you’re not into Lego*, Christmas**, or me***, consider muting.

*Are we even friends?
**It’s not Christmas-themed, just 24 windows of joy.
***Why are you even here?

4 packets of French biscuits and cakes on a table: BN, Prince, Lulu and Chamonix.

When I lived as an ex-pat in Helsinki, my trips home always meant stocking up on Marmite, Yorkshire Tea, and Sarson's. It seems the French take a different approach...

I think that was probably part of the build cost of the extension, but I might be wrong.

I'm scanning family paperwork and came across this list of my mum's. I'm aghast at how much was allocated to my grammar school uniform. And I love the final entry - you're worth it, mum. #familyhistory

Ever wondered how practical a catsuit / jumpsuit is for a toilet trip? Let me demonstrate! Bonus insider tips at the end 🐈‍⬛✨

#catsuit #jumpsuit #styletips #contortionist