I stepped in it
I just moved my car so I don't have to keep paying for parking and as I ran to catch the elevator I stepped in some dog poop which was directly in front of the elevator door. Who lets their dog poop there? and if they do why don't they clean it up? Gross! Then I had to ride 5 floors smelling like ass. Luckily I have flat shoes on so it didn't get all ground in and I could wipe it off. After getting back here to lab I sprayed it with some of the special disinfectant for killing stuff found in crap, pee, blood etc.
Saturday it was my Mom's 59th Birthday so E and I met her, my dad and my younger sister at a State Park for some camping. It was a beautiful day and were by a little lake. We saw some Trumpeter swans (which are endangered), warblers and some ruby crowned kinglet's which were migrating through. It was enjoyable to have a change of scenery and not see the lab for a couple of days. We had a campfire and the stars were amazing. I got my mom an orchard which was low maintenance and she seemed to like it. She is very hard to shop for, but I had snuck it in the camper and then when she came in she was like OH, that is beautiful! where did that come from?
I also finally got my wedding album!
Sunday we had a lab end of the semester BBQ at my PI's house. We brought the Wii and everyone took turns playing tennis, bowling and boxing. It was fun. I think doing things like that on a semi-regular basis is a good way for the lab to bond and feel more cohesive.
Yesterday I had a meeting w/ my PI and even though overall it was a fine meeting I feel like I never have what she wants. Last week we talked about data from project SP and discussed how I had to run more sessions. She said she also wanted a draft of intro, methods, results for paper on EB2. So yesterday I was ready with a draft of the paper with an electronic copy in hand for her, but she wanted the data for project SP, even though I had some new data, I couldn't run all of the necessary sessions for that yet. (due to pharmacology constraints on days on, days off sort of thing) Sometimes I just feel like it never matters what I do have, she only wants what I don't have yet. So I'm constantly disappointing her. Is this in my head? or real? some of both? I don't know. I've tried being proactive and having data, results, etc ready to show her for stuff she hasn't asked for but then it is still what about this? Have you run this analysis yet? How about X? Is she trying to push me to do more, just curious about the next step, or never happy with what I have? I can't always tell. I should note that in general I get a long great with my PI and the meeting wasn't unpleasant. I even showed her my wedding book which she was happy to see. So maybe I'm just paranoid?
Saturday it was my Mom's 59th Birthday so E and I met her, my dad and my younger sister at a State Park for some camping. It was a beautiful day and were by a little lake. We saw some Trumpeter swans (which are endangered), warblers and some ruby crowned kinglet's which were migrating through. It was enjoyable to have a change of scenery and not see the lab for a couple of days. We had a campfire and the stars were amazing. I got my mom an orchard which was low maintenance and she seemed to like it. She is very hard to shop for, but I had snuck it in the camper and then when she came in she was like OH, that is beautiful! where did that come from?
I also finally got my wedding album!
Sunday we had a lab end of the semester BBQ at my PI's house. We brought the Wii and everyone took turns playing tennis, bowling and boxing. It was fun. I think doing things like that on a semi-regular basis is a good way for the lab to bond and feel more cohesive.
Yesterday I had a meeting w/ my PI and even though overall it was a fine meeting I feel like I never have what she wants. Last week we talked about data from project SP and discussed how I had to run more sessions. She said she also wanted a draft of intro, methods, results for paper on EB2. So yesterday I was ready with a draft of the paper with an electronic copy in hand for her, but she wanted the data for project SP, even though I had some new data, I couldn't run all of the necessary sessions for that yet. (due to pharmacology constraints on days on, days off sort of thing) Sometimes I just feel like it never matters what I do have, she only wants what I don't have yet. So I'm constantly disappointing her. Is this in my head? or real? some of both? I don't know. I've tried being proactive and having data, results, etc ready to show her for stuff she hasn't asked for but then it is still what about this? Have you run this analysis yet? How about X? Is she trying to push me to do more, just curious about the next step, or never happy with what I have? I can't always tell. I should note that in general I get a long great with my PI and the meeting wasn't unpleasant. I even showed her my wedding book which she was happy to see. So maybe I'm just paranoid?
posted by B @ Tuesday, May 06, 2008
2 Comments:
At 9:21 PM,
PG said…
She does sound very involved in the project. Do you think she feels negatively about your progress? Or, is she asking questions that you internalize?
At 3:41 AM,
B said…
psychgrad I don't know. She says one day: I'm really happy with your progress for your dissertation. You are really getting a lot done.
but then other times I just feel like I never have enough.
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