I sense a pattern
Y'all - I finally got a writing fellowship! A full year stipend with no requirements (no report at the end, no attachment to an institute, etc.). The chair told me it was because I had demonstrated some real progress, my description of my work was very interesting (and much improved from last year's application), and that the department wanted to reward the many ways I have been a part of our academic community. I would have taken "because you were next in line," but that answer was something I really needed to hear.
This is a completion fellowship so I have to be done - but that's the plan anyway. This chapter will be finished by the end of February, my next chapter is based on my MA paper, so that will take less time and be done by the end of the semester, then take the summer to write the rheumatic fever chapter, then the fall and spring to write the polio and ear infection chapters, while also being on the job market.
The openness of the fellowship means that if Nick gets a job elsewhere I can move with him. If he stays here, well, that works for us too.
The chair also said I should really get something published soon - which is different than our department usually pushes students, but I think they are finally adapting to the new job climate. I told him the idea for an article that my advisor and I had and he thought it was great (and manageable).
So, I'm taking my boyfriend out for a fancy dinner tonight and hopefully my Modcloth order arrives in time for me to wear one of the sexy new dresses I ordered as motivation for weight loss (which has plateaued weight-wise, but measurement wise and performance wise - for rock climbing in particular - I continue to see improvement).
This is a completion fellowship so I have to be done - but that's the plan anyway. This chapter will be finished by the end of February, my next chapter is based on my MA paper, so that will take less time and be done by the end of the semester, then take the summer to write the rheumatic fever chapter, then the fall and spring to write the polio and ear infection chapters, while also being on the job market.
The openness of the fellowship means that if Nick gets a job elsewhere I can move with him. If he stays here, well, that works for us too.
The chair also said I should really get something published soon - which is different than our department usually pushes students, but I think they are finally adapting to the new job climate. I told him the idea for an article that my advisor and I had and he thought it was great (and manageable).
So, I'm taking my boyfriend out for a fancy dinner tonight and hopefully my Modcloth order arrives in time for me to wear one of the sexy new dresses I ordered as motivation for weight loss (which has plateaued weight-wise, but measurement wise and performance wise - for rock climbing in particular - I continue to see improvement).