Seems like all I'm doing lately is reading microbiology books and writing about what I learned on my blog. I finished Everything is Tuberculosis and it was quite a fascinating read. https://microbialmenagerie.com/five-things-i-learned-from-reading-everything-is-tuberculosis/

#ScienceBooks #TheMicrobialMenagerie #SciComm

Friday productivity hack: Go to the library to write so I can use the guilt of being on my phone or scrolling social while taking up a table to stop me from distractions

#Productivity #Focus #ProductivityHack

My email autoreply is basically like "I'm not around for the next couple days, but I'm not sure how long exactly. Because I assume schools will be closed (for currently undetermined amount of time) and I'll be shoveling 2 ft of snow."

Also me: trying to get some work done during a naptime today (Sunday) because I don't want to get too behind!

Every time this gets me.

I pick up my phone to see I have a notification - it's a message from preschool. My heart sinks, fearing an illness and they want us to get him early or something worse.

Then I open it and see a picture of cupcake ingredients. They're asking if it's okay he has this because they're celebrating a birthday.

😌

#WorkingParent #Parenting

I'm doing a bit of research for something I'm writing on NF-κB and came across this gem of a paper. I am having this struggle right now. 😂

(Excerpt from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867416317263)

#ScienceWriter

Snow day WFH with a toddler

Step 1 - Time for nap time!

Step 2 - Tries to get some work done during nap.

Step 3 - Hears toddler singing "My mama's coming back, my mama's coming back" to the tune of a Ms. Rachel song he listened to yesterday.

#SnowDay #WinterStorm #WorkingParent #Parenting

The first book I read this year was Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic. I came across a concept that was new to me: the "thermal barrier" that have kept fungi from infecting humans. I was curious about this and dug up some details for my blog. Read below! #Fungi #Microbiology #TheMicrobialMenagerie

https://microbialmenagerie.com/climate-change-as-a-driver-for-fungal-infections/

If it takes 20 minutes to regain focus after switching tasks, why are Pomodoros only 25 minutes long?

#Pomodoro #Productivity #TimeBlocking

First week back at preschool for my son and I'm sitting here trying to get as much work done as can today and tomorrow because I absolutely know the countdown has started for (1) his sick days at home and (2) my impending sickness. How many days you think I got? 😂

Also thought it would be a good time reshare this blog post I wrote last year about why we get more respiratory illnesses in the winter: https://microbialmenagerie.com/why-do-we-get-more-colds-and-respiratory-illnesses-in-the-wintertime/

I'm eating breakfast with my 3 yo and this is a conversation we had:

3 yo: Mama, do you have a meet this morning?

(I had a few early morning meetings recently and he calls them "meets")

Me: Not today. Do you know what meetings are?

3 yo: Talking to a grown up.

He's not wrong!