I always knew I wanted to do some sort of science, since 2nd grade. By 11th grade I knew I wanted to be a chemist. Then I went to college and faced the "what flavor of chemist?" dilemma. I loved organic class, but only ever succeeded in synthesizing stuff that could be best found in the La Brea tar pits! Eventually, I wandered into various fields of analytical chemistry, and have been doing that for 20+ years.

If I ever hit the lotto and become indepently wealthy I want to do pet sitting, and do more stuff with my rescue group.