No More Behaving

Well, I am reconsidering how to reorganize what I've got in the works into a comprehensive (though less grand than I had hoped for) thesis in light of the fact that I will probably have to be out of here by August. Yipes!I have jettisoned several interesting-but-not-going-to-produce-a-paper-next-month experiments. Makes me kinda sad, but I'll get over it.I came in yesterday (Sunday! my gardening day!) for 10 hours straight (my Favorite Committee Member gave me some cold TacoBell fare to keep me from keeling over -- it was disgusting but I am oh-so-grateful) and got home stupidly late...but I GOT. SHIT. DONE.And it looks like Low-Tech Experiment that I'm working on with FCM will indeed be a good work-around for the Shiny New Technique that has been giving me fits...maybe we can get this paper pushed out this summer.Today I spent all my time on 3 different microscopes collecting 5 different data sets (one of my lab mates thought I was home sick today because I spent so much time in the scope room)...and have one scope working around the clock for the next three days getting another set wrapped up (I hope) - where would I be without automation?I have the ball rolling on several experiments so that all I have to do for the next few days is stay on top of them...so now I can sleep.I am an experimentin' fool! I am exhausted and have a raging headache (oh please, oh please, oh please don't turn into a migraine before I get home) and I am out of here.

Labels: Parentheticals, Progress

>100 pages of text and tables>40 pages of completed figures with legends2.5 (of) 5 chapters completedThe 0.5 unfinished chapter is the "summary, significance, future aims" so no biggie - easy to write when the rest is doneThe 2.0 unfinished chapters are mostly written, but awaiting some final experimental results - I hope that these will be submitted for publication as a short report from my second project - I have written them as such.Spoke briefly with GrAdvisor while waiting to buy coffee. Floated the idea of doing this short report (finally - I've been putting it off since I was sure he wouldn't say "no" to a completed draft). He still seems inclined to use these results to shore up the ManuBeast when we get reviews back. We can do both. I am certain of it. One experiment does strengthen the ManuBeast findings, but that same experiment turned up some exciting stuff in one of the other experimental groups that is definitely an independent story.Still left to write for short report: some figures, quantification of results, tweak discussion accordingly.Still left to write for dissertation: Abstract, Title! (I'm not sure why this is so difficult), Summary chapter; (other data chapters done *!* because the short report kills two birds). Days left before turning it in: 20.

Labels: Dissertation, Progress