I had this whole plan to get on top of all my debt and bills a couple of months ago. Ive gotten a lot of nowhere with respect to that goal. In fact, Im probably a little worse off than I was back then. And by a little, I mean close to $2000 as thats what Daisy ended up costing. *sigh ( Read more... )

Well here I am sitting during my lunch break (which started only 15 minutes ago, and Im finished eating and refuse to only have a 15 minute break lol) thinking about common sense. Because all the time, ALL THE TIME, things happen that convince me that there is no such thing as common sense, that "common sense" is just a term we use when wanting to ( Read more... )

So I got some awesome news yesterday - I won a CIHR studentship!!! The "better" one too- woohoo woohoo woohoo. So this means a number of things - a) I really wont have to apply for any more funding during my graduate program b) Ill win the U of A presidents scholarship which will cover my tuition for the rest of my graduate program, and give about ( Read more... )

So wow, time creeps up fast and it turns out my senior seminar is 2 weeks from today. Which really means I need to have it ready one week from today for presentation critique etc. at lab meeting. This is a one hour presentation, and the content is a little up in the air...so Im feeling a little panicky at the moment to say the least. I dont even ( Read more... )

Well, its not that bad, its approaching 8 am, but man I feel like its about 5 for some reason. Maybe that means my day will seem to go faster as Ill only feel like its 2 when its time to go home. This week is shaping up to be very non-productive. With a teleconference today at 11 and then some kind of bank drama to deal with for the MGSA (ahhhh! I ( Read more... )

Well, its about 2:30pm. I have about an hour of time left for "work" before I need to clean up my experiments and head downstairs for a "phone meeting". Which Im sure will make me feel like I need to poke my eye out, as they generally do. Then again, I have not spoken to this person on the phone before, so it might not be that bad. We will see ( Read more... )

..and still get paid to do it. The answer is nowhere, if I want to keep working in the brain, Ill need to bite the bullet and pursue the perhaps non-existent academic career. Reality is, as much as it amuses and excites me, maybe I wouldnt love neurons and action potentials and how they translate to eating behavior forever. Its 2:30pm, Im patched ( Read more... )

You know, it really does, and all the do is lie to you. Lie to you to keep you working hard. Pretending the "faculty-job" carrot is real, and can actually be grabbed by the "real scientists" or "hard workers". They dont tell you that there are no jobs for you - not if you truly want your own lab - theres just no funding or space. And all those baby ( Read more... )

Well, another post from the lab, but I have to say that Ive been doing really well at not procrastinating in lab lately. Indeed, I have had way too much to do, and my recent 3 day hiatus was not nearly long enough to actually relax. Maybe in June. One friday a month the faculty of medicine does a "TGIF" friday afternoon cheap-drinking party. That ( Read more... )