rochester forgot the "break" part of t-day break...
my to-do list for thanksgiving break:
1) biophysics presentation about the physics of theraputic ultrasound techniques, due 12/4 (but possibly 12/9 if Gao does indeed extend project presentations into reading period...)
2) the building-a-low-field-MRI-machine-from-scratch project is hanging over our heads, with a deadline of 12/9 to have everything assembled and working properly. the man who runs the machine shop was supposed to have the tube for our heating system machined out by "early this week"...but he wasn't in today, so we can't build our heating system til after break. oops.
3) my last graduate app (UC Berkeley) which, for some bizarre reason, requires 3 essays. because clearly a personal statement isn't enough.
4) working on my much-neglected independent study in C13 NMR spectroscopy. thankfully i finally have data, and i've already done a lot of the data analysis for it... but figuring out what to write about when the assignment guidelines haven't been given to me = a bit of a challenge. i've got every book about C13 NMR spectroscopy in Carlson library on hold...
there's really not much i can do about #2 over break. #1 and #3 are the most crucial, and i'll work on #4 if time...
+ thanksgiving dinner w/ the fam and jacob, some much desired shopping (yay sales + 30% off rewards for AE!), taking a break on friday to go to the George Eastman house to see the annual gingerbread house competition, trying to figure out hanukkah presents for jacob, etc.
oy. thanksgiving break seems to be less of a break each year!!
anyways, i miss you all dearly and i can't wait to see you over winter break!
1) biophysics presentation about the physics of theraputic ultrasound techniques, due 12/4 (but possibly 12/9 if Gao does indeed extend project presentations into reading period...)
2) the building-a-low-field-MRI-machine-from-scratch project is hanging over our heads, with a deadline of 12/9 to have everything assembled and working properly. the man who runs the machine shop was supposed to have the tube for our heating system machined out by "early this week"...but he wasn't in today, so we can't build our heating system til after break. oops.
3) my last graduate app (UC Berkeley) which, for some bizarre reason, requires 3 essays. because clearly a personal statement isn't enough.
4) working on my much-neglected independent study in C13 NMR spectroscopy. thankfully i finally have data, and i've already done a lot of the data analysis for it... but figuring out what to write about when the assignment guidelines haven't been given to me = a bit of a challenge. i've got every book about C13 NMR spectroscopy in Carlson library on hold...
there's really not much i can do about #2 over break. #1 and #3 are the most crucial, and i'll work on #4 if time...
+ thanksgiving dinner w/ the fam and jacob, some much desired shopping (yay sales + 30% off rewards for AE!), taking a break on friday to go to the George Eastman house to see the annual gingerbread house competition, trying to figure out hanukkah presents for jacob, etc.
oy. thanksgiving break seems to be less of a break each year!!
anyways, i miss you all dearly and i can't wait to see you over winter break!