I'd taken a FACS day on Friday, and when I came in yesterday the four prep rooms were piled high with glassware for washing up and stuff for tidying away.
And two of the teachers had requested phenolphthalein agar for after recess - they had known all last week that I wouldn't be there Friday.
![Sad :-(](./images/smilies/sad.gif)
I was boiling up water in a 3L beaker (this prep room doesn't have hot water) for the washing up when the beaker shattered - hot water everwhere
![Shocked 8O](./images/smilies/shock1.gif)
I cleaned up the mess, then decided to start the agar - it's fairly simple to make.
All went well until I tried to lift the 2L beaker of bright pink liquid agar - the bottom of the beaker had stuck to the stirrer hotplate and the rest of the beaker just came apart.
Thank God I wear a labcoat and closed in leather shoes, I had this pink agar all down my front and over the floor , cupboard and wall.
![Surprised :-o](./images/smilies/ohmy.gif)
![Shocked 8O](./images/smilies/shock1.gif)
![Crying :cry2:](./images/smilies/icon_cry2.gif)
I had to go home for a shower and change of clothes, and spent most of the rest of the day peeling agar off all the surfaces.
Not a good day.
Carol