Up and down again

So Tuesday when I blogged I was feeling really great. Wed I got my paper rejected but with a revise and resubmit offer. So I felt like I was soccer punched initially but then I just started to make the recommended changes so that I could move on. Some suggestions were very helpful and I'm glad they recommended them even though it meant re-analyzing the data in a different way. Others just seem somewhat snarky. Apparently I over use commas, (yes I already know I do this, I tried to cut back honestly!) but this is a hard habit to break. I need a better editor. Also, one of my first sentences was "discursive" and they didn't like my phrasing in a few places. I know this is normal, and in general I hope it improves my paper, but reading the commentary always wears me out. I have to re-read it just to be sure I'm catching what they aren't happy with and then re-write that section. Ah the process of revising. Beneficial in the long run, painful when re-writing/ re-reading/ re-editing.

Today I'm feeling better about it though and I've made progress on the "small" list of easily made re-writes. I've re-analyzed the data, and re-wrote the results accordingly (the major findings stayed the same thankfully) and reworked the necessary figures to match. Yesterday I met with my adviser and she said she was pleased that I just "jumped right in" fixing things so that is good too. I always feel better if we have a solid meeting and leave on the same page together. I still need to run some additional behavioral stuff to try and answer some critiques but I'm setting that up today to run tomorrow.

Plus overall it was a good week. I worked a well all week and was productive but still had fun with friends on Thursday. Last night I came home from work and E had washed the pot from the previous night. I was so happy there weren't any dishes and I could just cook, it was fabulous! Now I have to get back to work!