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Vacation? What vacation?
Jan. 3rd, 2005 02:29 amWell, that's kind of how it feels. It's not so unusual, I've felt something like this after most of the last few breaks, but this time seems a whole lot worse.
Not that I didn't do fun things over winter break, I did. I suppose I should post about them, shouldn't I? Erm. This is the problem when you don't update as often as you should....
Let's see. ( Dec. 20th and surrounding )
( X-Mas )
( Boxing Day )
One of the coolest non-social things I did this break was go to the Seattle Art Museum to finally see their ( Spain )
That night, I went over to Magus and Jenjenboo's to hang out, briefly and to see the long-lost ^2, who is visiting! Unfortunately, I got there a little late and didn't spend much time. Even more unfortunately, I haven't been able to see ^2 again (for one reason or another) and he leaves on Tuesday. :-( I hope he comes back soon--maybe on a permanent basis. We miss him.
Man, this is long. Ok, real quick about ( New Years )
And so, there we are, basically. And tomorrow [EDIT: well, ok, later today really] starts my last quarter at school and I am totally stressed out about it. Specifically about the thesis. I had finally started to relax last week when I got a class e-mail from my seminar prof where he, among other things, said we should come in on 1/3 prepared to give an update on our progress and our plans for completion during the quarter. Which freaked me out and got me stressed all over again. I guess I'm calmer now; thank goodness I essentially don't have to see this guy again from tomorrow evening until March 1st or so. Of course, I don't know when the things are actually due; I thought we had the whole quarter, but he wants people to do "presentations" of their work starting March 1--which is about 2 weeks before things end. As for the work itself, I think I have a little bit better handle on things, but I want to meet with my advisor again before I actually start working on it. Really, what I need to do is sit down and figure out some structure. I'm trying to look at this as basically 3.5 to 5 ten page papers. I can knock out a ten pager in a few, sweat-soaked days if I have to. So having 7-10 weeks...hopefully it'll go well. And I always feel better and more confident after I see my advisor.
Anyway, I am trying to look forward to my 2 "silly" classes--I had to take credit hours, but (other than the thesis) my major is basically done. Still, I'm really not thrilled about having to go to the seminar tomorrow. Not thrilled at all. Guess I am still a bit stressed out. I don't need "you can do it" comments, by the way. They don't actually help me.
So. There we are. Didn't get much done over break, unhappy about that as usual. Didn't get any work done, very unhappy and worried about that. Not looking forward to tomorrow afternoon. Unsure how I'll feel after that....So yeah, that's me. Comments? Questions? Anyone care for a mint?
Not that I didn't do fun things over winter break, I did. I suppose I should post about them, shouldn't I? Erm. This is the problem when you don't update as often as you should....
Let's see. ( Dec. 20th and surrounding )
( X-Mas )
( Boxing Day )
One of the coolest non-social things I did this break was go to the Seattle Art Museum to finally see their ( Spain )
That night, I went over to Magus and Jenjenboo's to hang out, briefly and to see the long-lost ^2, who is visiting! Unfortunately, I got there a little late and didn't spend much time. Even more unfortunately, I haven't been able to see ^2 again (for one reason or another) and he leaves on Tuesday. :-( I hope he comes back soon--maybe on a permanent basis. We miss him.
Man, this is long. Ok, real quick about ( New Years )
And so, there we are, basically. And tomorrow [EDIT: well, ok, later today really] starts my last quarter at school and I am totally stressed out about it. Specifically about the thesis. I had finally started to relax last week when I got a class e-mail from my seminar prof where he, among other things, said we should come in on 1/3 prepared to give an update on our progress and our plans for completion during the quarter. Which freaked me out and got me stressed all over again. I guess I'm calmer now; thank goodness I essentially don't have to see this guy again from tomorrow evening until March 1st or so. Of course, I don't know when the things are actually due; I thought we had the whole quarter, but he wants people to do "presentations" of their work starting March 1--which is about 2 weeks before things end. As for the work itself, I think I have a little bit better handle on things, but I want to meet with my advisor again before I actually start working on it. Really, what I need to do is sit down and figure out some structure. I'm trying to look at this as basically 3.5 to 5 ten page papers. I can knock out a ten pager in a few, sweat-soaked days if I have to. So having 7-10 weeks...hopefully it'll go well. And I always feel better and more confident after I see my advisor.
Anyway, I am trying to look forward to my 2 "silly" classes--I had to take credit hours, but (other than the thesis) my major is basically done. Still, I'm really not thrilled about having to go to the seminar tomorrow. Not thrilled at all. Guess I am still a bit stressed out. I don't need "you can do it" comments, by the way. They don't actually help me.
So. There we are. Didn't get much done over break, unhappy about that as usual. Didn't get any work done, very unhappy and worried about that. Not looking forward to tomorrow afternoon. Unsure how I'll feel after that....So yeah, that's me. Comments? Questions? Anyone care for a mint?
