Everybody's Working On The Weekend ...

I have a love/hate relationship with going into lab on the weekends.

On one hand, I love that I get lab (mostly) to myself ... I can turn on the radio, sing loudly to the music, dance around a bit. Oh wait, I do that anyway ;). Free from the distractions of labmates, I can truly focus on my work and get my stuff done in a timely manner. I usually leave lab on the weekends feeling like I've accomplished something; at the very least, I feel like I might be able to graduate just a little bit sooner than I would if I only worked during the week. Also, as a bonus, the guilt that I feel for not working 24-7 (i.e. the grad student guilt), is decreased ever so slightly while I'm working on the weekends.

On the other hand, I hate coming into lab on the weekend. First of all, I hate that I bought into the lie that I'll graduate a little bit sooner if I work on the weekends. Second of all, I hate that I give into the guilt-trip of graduate school. Third of all, IT'S THE WEEKEND for crying out loud; even grad students deserve some sort of mental break every once and a while.

Of course, I might be bitter because I worked for four hours today in lab, and it looks like it was all for naught.