whaaa happened?

ahhh, the sounds of ice chunks falling into a tub of water.

such are the (limited) joys of defrosting the freezer at work. i had all of our boxes, reagents, etc. moved out to other areas by 10 or so this morning, then set up an air-blower to speed up the defrosting process. by the time i sat down to eat some lunch, ice chunks were falling from the top shelves, pinging off of the middle shelves, and sloshing/plopping into buckets i had set up at the bottom of the freezer. it was actually strangely musical.

so i was chatting with Viv until i had to get back to checking on the icebergs - she said maybe i'd find a penguin. oddly enough, i did! pictures to come.

anyhoooo, freezer is plugged in and cold again, boxes are moved back in, and i hope i don't have to do this again for a long time.