Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Jacob and I used to work together. My desk was towards the back of the lab and a bit isolated from the rest of the group. We would hang out for awhile on most days, and let me tell you, the amount of laugh until we cried conversations we had were ridiculous. People would walk into the area and see us both laughing hysterically often holding our sides. There were so many running and inside jokes each week, it was hard to keep track. We’d walk by each other in the hallway both trying to contain our laughter knowing one of us was going to reference an earlier conversation. Those were such good times.
He had this ability to “bring the fun.” I don’t know how else to describe it. That coupled with the giant grin on his face most of the time was part of it I think. There would be days when a group of people sharing a lab bench were in bad moods. Jacob would come around and simply say “What’s up, guys?” with a smile on his face, and well, the fun began. The conversations would just keep building and building into a new level of hilarity with everyone contributing and now in a better mood.
He was a fun guy to be around. Glad we had some time.
