Sick but productive
Ya know, I'm usually one for winter weather - but I'm ready for spring. Winters in Iowa just suck. I really would be okay with the snow every few days (I like that), but what I can't take is one or two days at 30 followed by one or two days at -30 and back and forth and back and forth. No - thanks. School gets cancelled in Rochester for -16 degree wind chill, here -16 degree wind chill is normal. I want my winters of sitting pretty around 22 with on and off snowing. THAT is winter.
But here I am, pissed as all hell at my nose for not getting better quicker (I hate not being able to breathe properly, it really puts a damper on my day, and now days). I think we're finally making progress, but I'd rather be 100% NOW! I have yet again blown off a week of the gym and I honestly want to get back on the horse, but I have a hard enough time breathing during running when I have TWO working nostrils, I'm not even gonna try it with only one. Not to mention, going out in the frickin' cold does nothing but aggravate my nose...and one needs to go out in the cold to go to the gym. So, here I sit.
And now it's time to focus on work. I've actually accomplished a bit this past week. I finally (a year and a half later) completed my description of Freudian catharsis for Doug, so that's no longer looming over me - huzzah. It was also a nice exercise to get me back into the whole writing thing - since my next big project is my thesis. But, before that, I also started working on my CV - it'll probably only take another 10 minutes to finish, since I have very little to put on it - just a lot of "works in progress". Most importantly, I rewrote the General Aggression Model section of my thesis. Last weekend I spent a chunk of time writing opener after opener, and still really don't know what story I am trying to tell. So I decided it was time to change gears, and just write the sections on the theories I know I need to include, and I'll story it up later. I HATE writing like this, but it's just not working the other way. I'm happy because I'm pretty confident that my thesis won't be as crappy as my proposal - my god was that thing awful. I'm not just saying that because people can never go back and read their work and be happy with it, but it really did suck. I was all over the place and totally unclear. This new GAM description is TWICE as long as my original one, and I didn't even talk about all the details that were in the other one.
I also went and got some help on the statistics for my study. The good news is, I've found something. The bad news is, it doesn't make sense - or atleast not according to this theory I proposed. But I really need to just take a step back from the data for a few days and wait 'till I've got all the participants I need so I can go through everything officially - starting with reanalyzing my outliers. That shouldn't be too long of a wait though.
So, in the mean time, I just need to keep up the pace with my work. Here's what's on my plate:
Teaching of Psych class:
1. Read Chapter 3
Motivation TAing:
2. Grade this weeks journals
Masters:
3. Write the 'cognition/priming' section of my paper.
...but to do that I need to
3a. Read a few more sources on the phenomenon.
Preparing Future Faculty:
4. Finish CV
5. Fill out application
This, of course, rewarded with occasional moments of Zoo Tycoon 2 and The Sims 2.
I also would really like to take half an hour to spend reading my book - whenever I have time to relax, I always go to the video game. Which I thoroughly enjoy, but I would like to fit in some more literature time, besides the 5 minutes before I fall asleep.
TO WORK!
But here I am, pissed as all hell at my nose for not getting better quicker (I hate not being able to breathe properly, it really puts a damper on my day, and now days). I think we're finally making progress, but I'd rather be 100% NOW! I have yet again blown off a week of the gym and I honestly want to get back on the horse, but I have a hard enough time breathing during running when I have TWO working nostrils, I'm not even gonna try it with only one. Not to mention, going out in the frickin' cold does nothing but aggravate my nose...and one needs to go out in the cold to go to the gym. So, here I sit.
And now it's time to focus on work. I've actually accomplished a bit this past week. I finally (a year and a half later) completed my description of Freudian catharsis for Doug, so that's no longer looming over me - huzzah. It was also a nice exercise to get me back into the whole writing thing - since my next big project is my thesis. But, before that, I also started working on my CV - it'll probably only take another 10 minutes to finish, since I have very little to put on it - just a lot of "works in progress". Most importantly, I rewrote the General Aggression Model section of my thesis. Last weekend I spent a chunk of time writing opener after opener, and still really don't know what story I am trying to tell. So I decided it was time to change gears, and just write the sections on the theories I know I need to include, and I'll story it up later. I HATE writing like this, but it's just not working the other way. I'm happy because I'm pretty confident that my thesis won't be as crappy as my proposal - my god was that thing awful. I'm not just saying that because people can never go back and read their work and be happy with it, but it really did suck. I was all over the place and totally unclear. This new GAM description is TWICE as long as my original one, and I didn't even talk about all the details that were in the other one.
I also went and got some help on the statistics for my study. The good news is, I've found something. The bad news is, it doesn't make sense - or atleast not according to this theory I proposed. But I really need to just take a step back from the data for a few days and wait 'till I've got all the participants I need so I can go through everything officially - starting with reanalyzing my outliers. That shouldn't be too long of a wait though.
So, in the mean time, I just need to keep up the pace with my work. Here's what's on my plate:
Teaching of Psych class:
1. Read Chapter 3
Motivation TAing:
2. Grade this weeks journals
Masters:
3. Write the 'cognition/priming' section of my paper.
...but to do that I need to
3a. Read a few more sources on the phenomenon.
Preparing Future Faculty:
4. Finish CV
5. Fill out application
This, of course, rewarded with occasional moments of Zoo Tycoon 2 and The Sims 2.
I also would really like to take half an hour to spend reading my book - whenever I have time to relax, I always go to the video game. Which I thoroughly enjoy, but I would like to fit in some more literature time, besides the 5 minutes before I fall asleep.
TO WORK!