Sweet "Victory"

Guys. We did it. After a week and a half. We isolated the product we wanted. With no side products and very minimal starting material. It's SO exciting. Now to hope we can replicate the process without any trouble. We find out sooner rather than later. So this week after perfecting the art of higher yield for the first step we tried multiple ways of isolating that to see if we could get what we wanted and we found a good method that does not take too long. It's such a blessing.
In other news I finally got to attend the college group that my church has. It was good to just chat with people and get out. They just had a cookout. I met a girl that is two weeks older than me and has hiked Mount Elbert in CO, which I have hiked. That was lots of fun. And she spends her week in lab too, but a bio lab.
Photos are coming! I promise! :)

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