Mostly good, some bad

[tarigwaemir]

Stanley Hall on the Feast of St. Sidonius

Good news! Ran into the professor that I mentioned in the last entry (with regard to my recommendation letter woes) in my advisor's office today and extracted verbal confirmation that he will indeed write the recommendation letter for me on time. I'm going to bombard him with reminders though, just to be safe.

More good news! After getting very little labwork done in the past few weeks, I've actually managed to be quite industrious this week. Have some promising data although I will need to follow up before I can say anything for sure. Mood is cautiously optimistic though. My advisor is, uh, not-so-cautiously and enthusiastically optimistic. (I'm setting myself up for disappointment here, aren't I?)

Somewhat good news. Many of my students who were doing poorly before did really well on the second midterm (which had a lower average, making their improvement all the more impressive). Some did worse though, and one of my sections still has an average that's lower than the class as a whole. (The other section's average is ten points better than the class mean though!)

Not so good news. Steve will be gone at a conference for nearly a week. ;_; By the time he gets back, I'll be away at the computational biology group retreat. -_-

Bad news. Apartment is a mess, and I've had a severe stomachache for most of the day. Going to take some Pepto Bismol and hope it goes away.

Yours &c.

Comments

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

*crosses fingers for you re: lab data!*

[troisroyaumes]

Thanks! Research is 90% failure so I'm prepared for disappointment but I can't squelch feeling hopeful either. ^_^

[klio911.livejournal.com]

i kidnaps your bf? haha.

just kidding, he's not here yet. however, i did just get back from happy hour and am drunk. i will drink a diet coke and try to sober up so he won't be totally horrified.

excited to meet him, but wish you were coming too, mi amiga!

[troisroyaumes]

I wish I were visiting too! I haven't seen you in over a year! ;_; I am going to try my best to make it to the next alumni get-together, now that I have some money saved up from my teaching salary.

And no worries, you can't possibly horrify Steve. ^_^ Oh, and he likes to drink too, so I told him that he should ask you to be his drinking buddy while he's in DC. XD

[squidlet.livejournal.com]

Teaching is like that. Don't worry about students sucking. If they do it's usually not your fault.

Yay data! I wish I could be working on stuff. I'm at that stage where all I do is fill in applications and write statements and it is SO boring.

[troisroyaumes]

I keep telling myself that as reassurance. ^_^;;

Ugh, preparing applications is definitely tedious. Good luck, by the way!

[sleepingfingers.livejournal.com]

That's really good about your professor. Hopefully, he will get it done without too many reminders. :)

*crosses fingers for good & promising lab data*

[troisroyaumes]

Yes, I was gearing myself to set up camp outside his office too before I ran into him serendipitously. ^_^ I'm quite relieved.

Thanks!

[schwimmerin.livejournal.com]

Good luck on your data and hope your stomachache is gone! And try not to miss Steve too much - maybe it's just my particular situation, but I think a little separation is good every now and then.

Don't worry about your apartment being a mess; if you had had my roommate from Berlin, you would have cringed.

And yay teaching! :)

[troisroyaumes]

Oh, don't mind me, I'm just whining. It's not like he'll be gone for a more than a week. And you're right that a little separation can be good.

Haha, well, I feel annoyed enough to want to clean up...I just never do because I spend so much time away from the apartment. >_>

[love_archived]

I am behind on comments, but get well soon. *hugs*