Bits and Bobs
I'm tired.
I have banana bread cooling on the dining room table. It looks different from usual. The batter was thicker than I remember it being. Possible reasons: (a) I only had 2 medium bananas, rather than 2 large or 3 medium. (b) Both bananas had been in the fridge for at least a few days, since they were pretty ripe and I wasn't ready to make the banana bread yet. One of the bananas was very overripe. (c) I used whole-wheat flour. Previously, I've used either only white flour or half and half (I don't remember...).
It should be cool soon, I'll see how it came out.
I went to a yoga class at the gym yesterday. It was a beginners' class. It was hard, and now I'm very sore. It was really warm in the room, and my palms were really sweaty, so I kept slipping in downward dog. It was uncomfortable. My forearms are as sore as when I go rock climbing. I'll probably do that tomorrow.
Did I say really tired? Why am I posting here instead of going to bed? I don't know....
Lab work has been going ok. I've been somewhat more productive, and more things have been working. But I'm still having trouble staying motivated. Both yesterday and today I did (most) of what I'd written out that I needed to do, but didn't do any of the general chores and stuff that I need to do too. Ugh...
I might be having a "performance evaluation" meeting w/ my thesis committee next week. Back at the beginning of Sept., when I was in the midst of a couple bad weeks before and after being away for a conference, my advisor said he was concerned about my performance and wanted my committee to review my progress. We've had a couple tentative dates next week for about a month now, but 1 of my committee members hasn't confirmed, so it might not happen. But it might, so I still have that hanging over me. I'm not so worried, b/c I have been doing better since last month, but it could still be a problem.
Ok, time to think about getting myself off the couch and getting to bed.
I have banana bread cooling on the dining room table. It looks different from usual. The batter was thicker than I remember it being. Possible reasons: (a) I only had 2 medium bananas, rather than 2 large or 3 medium. (b) Both bananas had been in the fridge for at least a few days, since they were pretty ripe and I wasn't ready to make the banana bread yet. One of the bananas was very overripe. (c) I used whole-wheat flour. Previously, I've used either only white flour or half and half (I don't remember...).
It should be cool soon, I'll see how it came out.
I went to a yoga class at the gym yesterday. It was a beginners' class. It was hard, and now I'm very sore. It was really warm in the room, and my palms were really sweaty, so I kept slipping in downward dog. It was uncomfortable. My forearms are as sore as when I go rock climbing. I'll probably do that tomorrow.
Did I say really tired? Why am I posting here instead of going to bed? I don't know....
Lab work has been going ok. I've been somewhat more productive, and more things have been working. But I'm still having trouble staying motivated. Both yesterday and today I did (most) of what I'd written out that I needed to do, but didn't do any of the general chores and stuff that I need to do too. Ugh...
I might be having a "performance evaluation" meeting w/ my thesis committee next week. Back at the beginning of Sept., when I was in the midst of a couple bad weeks before and after being away for a conference, my advisor said he was concerned about my performance and wanted my committee to review my progress. We've had a couple tentative dates next week for about a month now, but 1 of my committee members hasn't confirmed, so it might not happen. But it might, so I still have that hanging over me. I'm not so worried, b/c I have been doing better since last month, but it could still be a problem.
Ok, time to think about getting myself off the couch and getting to bed.