I’ve been chugging along on it, which is why I haven’t been posting. I have successfully (in principle) completed my experiment. It feels good to shut off the noisy equipment. I’ve begun the analysis, which is a bit time consuming. The time is up to the strength of the computer/amount of data there is to [...]

I’ve been running around like crazy, trying to do be a great grad student (attending thesis defenses, scrambling to complete my own research), working, and job searching. My dance and physical activity has been put aside, unfortunately. When I do think about going to dance class, it’s hard for me to motivate myself to take [...]

If I do go back to school, this isn’t my last exam ever, but it is of my MS in physics. I think the worst part of exams is waiting to take them. I have about an hour left, but I reached the point where I realized studying won’t help. I either know it or [...]

Well, it partially works. The other day I ran my experiment. I came back the next day and saw something odd. What is classically thought is if we sit another fluid on the bottom (as long as gravity doesn’t hold it back), the fluid will diffuse, rising upward. What we saw with the latest run [...]

Two major money woes occurred in the course of the past few days. 1. My lab’s money has just been frozen. I’m not sure why (according to my advisor, we still had half of the money allocated to us), but it has been. We have to get the department chair’s approval. What that means for [...]

I’m running my experiment for the second time. I didn’t announce the other time, in fear that it would be jinxed. It feels good to be up and running. I am really starting to make some progress with my thesis. I’ve written about 2 pages (not a lot, but it’s a start) and my research [...]

One of my experiments is up and running, thank goodness. I have been running it for almost a week, and we are still waiting patiently to see data. I might let it run over the weekend; there is some concern that the fluid will float to the top and not show diffusion. I’m doubtful that’ll [...]

Spring break is almost gone (one more day). I didn’t do anything glamorous, and I didn’t really break, but I feel sort of rested. Research: The addition of the new kid, M, is good. He is quiet but works well, is intelligent, etc. He has come in at a good time, because my advisor has [...]

I crashed majorly today in terms of sleep. I had no idea that I had been that worn out. I knew I had been overworked, but I just slept so deeply last night and woke up to want to sleep more. Although I’m glad I went to veil class on Wednesday, I probably should’ve slept. [...]

Because I’ve been rather negative lately (worrying about applications statuses, which still have nothing), I would start focusing on the positive for next week: Going to a dance class, probably on veil. I miss group classes so much, and I really love veil Working on research. I’ve been seriously neglecting that. I’ve worked late at [...]