I thought of week 9 as the last “real” week of this program, everyone is talking about wrapping u their poster/research It was very interesting seeing everyone at different paces. I just worked on my poster through this week and never really set foot inside the lab unless it was for the name of a chemical I used or a picture of a tool at the lab. I do feel like I’m going to clean up my viles and glass capillaries next week but I’ll start when Joe gives me the go-ahead. I don’t know if he’d want to use my samples or if someone in the lab would find it useful. It’d be a waste to dispose of it before getting official confirmation. In addition, I realized I’m going to miss everyone in the lab, at first everyone was distant and doing their own things but now everyone talks to me. They are all friendly and super nice. Whenever Joe wasn’t at the lab they would be happy to answer my questions or even ask em questions themselves. It was an incredible experience. Also the “It’s a wrap” event was also very fun, I met 2 new friends who were also just great to be around, it was a good social hangout even if near the end pretty much everyone was gone, I enjoyed going and seeing all the pictures everyone posted and hearing all the separate projects, hurdles, solutions and funny stories everyone had.