Bend+Research-Joe


 * __Bend Research __**

 The trip to Bend Research was a lot more interesting to me this year than it was last year. Last time it was early in the morning and I had to drive all the way from Prineville so I was very tired. This time, however, I was awake and actually could pay attention to what was being presented. How the drug components are added to a certain medication is very interesting to me. I have been working as a Pharmacy Technician for about a year now and just passed my certification tetst about a month ago. It was interesting to see how some of the drugs I deal with every day are processed. The biology section wasn't as interesting to me but it still was cool to see all the instruments that are in a laboratory. I still think that it is crazy how big the NMR is for testing such a small sample of product. As for the electron microscopes, I think that would be interesting to operate and see what very small particles look like and to see physical properties of certain things. My overall experience of the field trip was pretty good and I'm glad you made me go again so that I could expand on what I had seen the first time.

I'm glad that you are glad you went. I figured you'd notice different things this time around, and that it couldn't do any harm to have you there.

I didn't realize you were driving in from Prineville last year--were you driving all the way to Bend for class, too? That's quite a commitment. Thanks for going, thanks for having a good attitude about it, and thanks for your comments. Carol