Monday

First day 'at work'. Buses are numerous and unfortunately not free as I'd been led to believe by blearily reading their website late on Sunday night. Got the hang of it eventually.

Met the team, "Mackey's Lackeys", and we discussed what I was doing here (my elective, so it's really up to me...) as I was a surprise to all but the Prof and his PA (she's also my saviour/surrogate mother while out here), and what I wanted to do here (watch some cool eye stuff, get something productive done that'll help with ophthal application).
I filled out some ID forms to observe at a different local hospital. This was as fun and interesting as it sounds.

Next, I read through a load of Prof Mackey's papers and got an idea as to who he is/what he does. He really likes genetic research in eyes. He found the main gene for glaucoma, and has found a bunch of other genes for all sorts of eye diseases. Fair enough. Initially this was not what I'd call thrilling, but some people really like genetics research. I may yet come around to like it. I would like a CV boost, so am looking to get on board with something, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing to work with a real specialist in some cutting-edge research. Ideal. Theatre and clinic sessions are also in the works for me to watch some cool stuff and learn some practical things as a research break. Happy days.

That was it. Bus back to city, bought some lunch food and a pizza and came back. Tired. Needed to update CV as part of the ID form process, but CV hasn't been looked at since A levels. Took a while. Started blog. Organised self for tomorrow.

Sleeepy.