Ok . . . I have been much better about eating healthy food and exercising, this past weekend (and the coming weekend) are all about relaxing, and I like my research again!
I submitted my abstract for the 69th Annual Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists Conference on time . . . Bristol, England here I come! Now to get my passport in order . . . .
And, the BIG NEWS (drum roll please!) . . . I got a $750 grant from the Paleontological Society of America so that I can travel to Paris, France for my research!! I got really great (like, unexpectedly great) reviews from the selection committee. Of my three reviews my lowest was a 23/28 and the two others were 27/28! This is my first "big" grant application, so to not only get really great reviews but also actually receive a grant - it puts me over the moon!
Other pressing matters:
- Finish shoulder warmer for Kev's graduation
- Passport
- Utah Packing List
Monday, April 20, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
I figured it all out
. . . and it is all my fault.
I get "blah" about things when I don't eat as well as I should, don't exercise as much as I should, and don't give myself any time to unwind and digest. And, in the past week, I have been guilty of all three on numerous occasions.
But, in the interest of being positive, I have done some good things for myself too. For instance, I had lunch out with friends twice and found a nice (read: simple and easy) yoga/pilates in home routine to start doing I days I don't have time to or don't feel like walking. And, next week I WILL eat better.
On another note, the research is coming along a little better. I still don't love it today, but at least I feel like I have some reasonable results and some good predictions to discuss. I think I will feel better about it when this presentation is over and I start the the third stage of the project.
(Actually, in a side note to the side note, I don't even want to think about how long my master's thesis will be when it comes time to get it written. I haven't even completed a whole semester's worth of grad work and I'm ready to start on a third stage!?! The first stage was my undergrad thesis, the second is this data I'm working with now, three will be additional Prosimians, four will be fossil Adapiformes, and (if I'm lucky?) five will be 3-D scanned data. Oy Vey! I'd better start writing now!)
I get "blah" about things when I don't eat as well as I should, don't exercise as much as I should, and don't give myself any time to unwind and digest. And, in the past week, I have been guilty of all three on numerous occasions.
But, in the interest of being positive, I have done some good things for myself too. For instance, I had lunch out with friends twice and found a nice (read: simple and easy) yoga/pilates in home routine to start doing I days I don't have time to or don't feel like walking. And, next week I WILL eat better.
On another note, the research is coming along a little better. I still don't love it today, but at least I feel like I have some reasonable results and some good predictions to discuss. I think I will feel better about it when this presentation is over and I start the the third stage of the project.
(Actually, in a side note to the side note, I don't even want to think about how long my master's thesis will be when it comes time to get it written. I haven't even completed a whole semester's worth of grad work and I'm ready to start on a third stage!?! The first stage was my undergrad thesis, the second is this data I'm working with now, three will be additional Prosimians, four will be fossil Adapiformes, and (if I'm lucky?) five will be 3-D scanned data. Oy Vey! I'd better start writing now!)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Disenchantment
Until now I have been totally enchanted with my research. I mean over the moon, dive in all the way, my research rocks, this is awesome, cool, and innovative, Wohoo!
Now, not so much.
Disenchantment hit today while staring at my computer screen, trying to find groups in a graph representing all my specimens, and not seeing any. I actually wished, at that moment, that I was studying something all together different. It is not that the data has been collected poorly or is being badly represented, it is that the method of data collection I am using is not fully capturing all the data I need it to. And I'm speaking about this data on Friday. I feel like I don't really have any results to present. So, I'm not really looking forward to presenting and am feeling kind of blah about the project in general.
Hopefully, enchantment will return sooner than later.
Now, not so much.
Disenchantment hit today while staring at my computer screen, trying to find groups in a graph representing all my specimens, and not seeing any. I actually wished, at that moment, that I was studying something all together different. It is not that the data has been collected poorly or is being badly represented, it is that the method of data collection I am using is not fully capturing all the data I need it to. And I'm speaking about this data on Friday. I feel like I don't really have any results to present. So, I'm not really looking forward to presenting and am feeling kind of blah about the project in general.
Hopefully, enchantment will return sooner than later.
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