You (acoustic)
I've been spending a lot of time these past weeks worrying about not being knowledgeable enough to write a research proposal. I sent in my first draft to my potential research mentor (and the grad student I'd be working with), and was worried for a good amount of time afterwards that they'd open it up and realize that good grief this person is way too dumb to ever conduct research with us! But they were very nice about it, of course, and said that I was off to a much better start than I seemed to think.
Which is comforting?
We're still working out the last revisions and such, but it's due soon, so that'll be over with before long. I hope I will get to work with them this summer, because I'm really, really interested in what they're doing. Brain stuff, specifically sensory inputs, specifically auditory inputs, specifically how the vestibular system might affect speech intelligibility. Well, that last part is what I would be working on this summer, so that really is "specifically."
I think the semester is about half over, which bothers me a little bit. I feel like the weeks have been going by too quickly for me to appreciate them as much as I can. (In weatherly news, we had a beautiful 70-degree day yesterday. It will be followed up today by rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow. Roughly in that order, I assume.)
Despite popular opinion(?), I really have been enjoying this semester. Not counting the thirty-minute panic attack I had two Wednesdays ago? It might have been a Wednesday. I don't really remember now, but it was really not so terrible afterwards. In retrospect, I didn't lose too much sleep, and I was fine the next day, so I'll count that anomaly as Not That Bad.
I feel oddly mellow at the moment. Not exactly in a contented way, but just a very calm way I suppose. I think it may have something to do with the rather gray day we're having. I am excited, though, as I found out the other day that I'm going to be an RA next year, after all. I considered it pretty much impossible to be chosen out of the alternate pool where I'd been placed, but I guess sometimes things work out in ways I wouldn't expect.
Which can be a nice thing to know. Not always, but sometimes.
How's everyone holding up? I have a lot of catching up to do in terms of my friends page, but I hope you're all doing well.
Until next time (whenever that may be).
Best,
Allison
Which is comforting?
We're still working out the last revisions and such, but it's due soon, so that'll be over with before long. I hope I will get to work with them this summer, because I'm really, really interested in what they're doing. Brain stuff, specifically sensory inputs, specifically auditory inputs, specifically how the vestibular system might affect speech intelligibility. Well, that last part is what I would be working on this summer, so that really is "specifically."
I think the semester is about half over, which bothers me a little bit. I feel like the weeks have been going by too quickly for me to appreciate them as much as I can. (In weatherly news, we had a beautiful 70-degree day yesterday. It will be followed up today by rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow. Roughly in that order, I assume.)
Despite popular opinion(?), I really have been enjoying this semester. Not counting the thirty-minute panic attack I had two Wednesdays ago? It might have been a Wednesday. I don't really remember now, but it was really not so terrible afterwards. In retrospect, I didn't lose too much sleep, and I was fine the next day, so I'll count that anomaly as Not That Bad.
I feel oddly mellow at the moment. Not exactly in a contented way, but just a very calm way I suppose. I think it may have something to do with the rather gray day we're having. I am excited, though, as I found out the other day that I'm going to be an RA next year, after all. I considered it pretty much impossible to be chosen out of the alternate pool where I'd been placed, but I guess sometimes things work out in ways I wouldn't expect.
Which can be a nice thing to know. Not always, but sometimes.
How's everyone holding up? I have a lot of catching up to do in terms of my friends page, but I hope you're all doing well.
Until next time (whenever that may be).
Best,
Allison