August 18

It was another very busy day for me today.  I actually managed to get a lot of crystals, rather messily, out of my mother liquor, but it was really quite a pain.  But that is behind me, because now they are drying, and I am looking forward to quite a good yield on them amazingly.  It is amazing what a little cold and some stirring will produce.  My other reaction also went well I think, although I won't be able to tell until Friday really.  Things will be a little down to the wire, but ok I expect.  After work I closed my bank account here, which didn't require a lot of input on my part, and was nice.  I also mailed a couple of last postcards.  I hope that they have all made it through.