10:30 AM: I can spend 24 hours inside a lab and think only 30 minutes past by. These titrations are taking me forever and a day to do....each! Patience is a great quality to have if you have it. I worked all day titrating, but I don't feel like I got much done or made any progress. I was only able to do all the titrations for two subjects today and I was hoping to do four. I really hate how unsteady the numbers are on the pH meter. If they weren't so jumpy and if it would make its mind up on the range its on, then I could go alot faster. Its like for a solid 5 minutes it would be between 7.05 and 7.12 but then if you wait just one more minute, it moves up to 7.26. Dr. Arrington suggests its so jumpy because the oil is bouncing off the electrode or something like that. I'm not so sure if titrating is all that effective since the oil is causing the samples not to be aqueous.
Overall: Hopefully tomorrow is a more productive day. I'm feeling much better from my cold, but still drowsy.
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