Things are starting to pile up
The past one and a half weeks have been absolutely exhausting. Monday 13th I was supposed to give my first lab seminar, and I felt I needed to present some good data to show that I’ve accomplished something since I joined the lab. Unfortunately, that meant I had to spend the whole last weekend doing weeks of research. I think I managed to get things together to a cohesive whole, but I was so tired afterwards… A few days prior, I got an email from a professor here at UCLA asking me if I could review a paper for one of the better journals in my field. Since it’s quite a merit, I couldn’t say no but I’ve only got three weeks to get it done. Now it’s only two weeks… Three days ago, my boss asked me if I’m a fast writer. I thought it was kind of an odd question, but he went on to tell me that he was supposed to have written a book chapter which was due in July. He has gotten two months extension and he wondered if I would be interested in co-writing it with him and his wife. I could hardly say no to that either. On top of all of this, I still need to finish a project from my old lab and write a paper with my old boss. Things are definitely starting to pile up and I’m not quite sure how I’ll manage it all.
I’ve just finished watching the “Da Vinci code”. This has been one of the movies I was planning to avoid, but they really didn’t have anything else I wanted to see at Hollywood video yesterday. So Da Vinci it was. In the end I was pleasantly surprised. I actually thought it was really good. Maybe this is because I don’t have any strong feelings on the topic…
Thanksgiving is getting close. Previous years I’ve celebrated the holiday with different sets of friends in Ithaca, New York and Boston. This year I’m joining my roommate to Utah, of all places, to celebrate with his parents. I figured that it would be a good way to see another part of the states. Who knows when I get the chance next time?
I still don’t know if I get to stay in LA or not and it’s starting to be a bit frustrating. It feels like there’s no point in planning anything long term or permanent till I know where I’ll be in a few months. Hopefully, I’ll know before the end of next week.
Yesterday, I finally bought tickets to go home and as always, I’m waiting too long so that all the good cheap tickets are gone. I still managed to get pretty good tickets. The only thing is that I’ll be flying via Heathrow…
I’ve just finished watching the “Da Vinci code”. This has been one of the movies I was planning to avoid, but they really didn’t have anything else I wanted to see at Hollywood video yesterday. So Da Vinci it was. In the end I was pleasantly surprised. I actually thought it was really good. Maybe this is because I don’t have any strong feelings on the topic…
Thanksgiving is getting close. Previous years I’ve celebrated the holiday with different sets of friends in Ithaca, New York and Boston. This year I’m joining my roommate to Utah, of all places, to celebrate with his parents. I figured that it would be a good way to see another part of the states. Who knows when I get the chance next time?
I still don’t know if I get to stay in LA or not and it’s starting to be a bit frustrating. It feels like there’s no point in planning anything long term or permanent till I know where I’ll be in a few months. Hopefully, I’ll know before the end of next week.
Yesterday, I finally bought tickets to go home and as always, I’m waiting too long so that all the good cheap tickets are gone. I still managed to get pretty good tickets. The only thing is that I’ll be flying via Heathrow…