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Today, for the first time in about six months, I left my laptop at home and came to work with just my Kindle. And a physical book, just in case. The reason: I have nothing further to do on my dissertation until Sunday, when I meet with my adviser and get a whole mess of revisions. I sent off the draft of the last chapter last night. All that is left is the conclusion but I want to see revisions before I work on that. I'm forcing myself to stay away from the diss for a couple days. And it's making me really anxious. I've been spending almost all of my free time (which, admittedly, is only about 90 minutes per day) obsessing over this thing. It's hard to think about something else. I don't know how I will react when I actually graduate. Luckily I'll get to start revising it for publication (and finding a publisher), which will keep me busy.
I will also theoretically find out on Sunday if my adviser is optimistic about my plan to graduate in June. I feel so optimistic about it that I reenrolled yesterday (I haven't enrolled since summer 2010 when my funding ran out). And since stinky_monky works at OSU, I might have to only pay half the fees! It's good to have connections.
Yesterday I was supposed to donate blood at work but the Red Cross never showed up. Not sure what to think about that.
Kidlet is doing really well. His molars have started to come in, and those really hurt. But he's a really happy kid, and a whole lot of fun to have around. He has started to give hugs which make bad days at work better.
Speaking of work, I applied for a position as a field representative/doctor trainer. It sounds a lot more interesting than answering phones (my current job), but it would involve a lot of travel (up to 40% of work time, according to the job listing) to conferences and doctor offices throughout New England and the Great Lakes regions. I don't know how I compare to other applicants, and since I've only worked here for 8 months I have less experience than many others. But I have lots of case management and teaching/training experience, so hopefully that'll balance my lack of medical industry experience.
I'm still holding out hope for a teaching job, but that way looks barren indeed. My prospects will improve once I have the diploma, but in this era of cutbacks and union-busting, I'm trying to stay practical and keep my options open. My current employer is pretty good, though my current job kinda sucks, and if I find something else to do here that uses my skills I think I could be happy here. So we'll see.
I will also theoretically find out on Sunday if my adviser is optimistic about my plan to graduate in June. I feel so optimistic about it that I reenrolled yesterday (I haven't enrolled since summer 2010 when my funding ran out). And since stinky_monky works at OSU, I might have to only pay half the fees! It's good to have connections.
Yesterday I was supposed to donate blood at work but the Red Cross never showed up. Not sure what to think about that.
Kidlet is doing really well. His molars have started to come in, and those really hurt. But he's a really happy kid, and a whole lot of fun to have around. He has started to give hugs which make bad days at work better.
Speaking of work, I applied for a position as a field representative/doctor trainer. It sounds a lot more interesting than answering phones (my current job), but it would involve a lot of travel (up to 40% of work time, according to the job listing) to conferences and doctor offices throughout New England and the Great Lakes regions. I don't know how I compare to other applicants, and since I've only worked here for 8 months I have less experience than many others. But I have lots of case management and teaching/training experience, so hopefully that'll balance my lack of medical industry experience.
I'm still holding out hope for a teaching job, but that way looks barren indeed. My prospects will improve once I have the diploma, but in this era of cutbacks and union-busting, I'm trying to stay practical and keep my options open. My current employer is pretty good, though my current job kinda sucks, and if I find something else to do here that uses my skills I think I could be happy here. So we'll see.