Grad School Top Ten

Hello folks, this is Katie writing a guest entry for Hyunmi "Rats" Kim. I've decided to revisit a theme that always makes me feel better for some odd reason. So, back by popular demand, I bring you the Top Ten Reasons to Leave Graduate School:

10. You got an email from your boss last night that some of your mice have necrotic (rotting) tails and somehow you're supposed to find a way to remedy the situation.
9. Subway has done away with its stamp system, so you're back to paying for every 9th sandwich.
8. You are pretty sure that with enough time and energy, you could win an Olympic event if only you didn't have to go to lab every day.
7. Sometimes you eat moldy bread for lunch, but hell, maybe it will boost your immune system.
6. Shut up Vijay, you're just about halfway done.
5. Sure there are roaches in your apartment, but at least it's not student housing.
4. Your friends all work shorter hours, have better-looking coworkers, more job perks, and much higher salaries, but you're saving the world, God damnit!
3. Your foreign coworker likes to take Holiday songs and change them into "everyday" songs with verses such as "congratulations and salutations" over and over and over...
2. You try to summon all of your creativity and wit to respond to any insult, only to spit out "your face is _______!"
1. You get a little bored at work between experiments, and your friends don't update their blogs nearly often enough to keep you entertained.