1. i can't believe it's the last day of march. Which just intensifies my anger (self directed) at the stress levels prompting me to really not be productive this month. time keeps moving forward, but i really feel like i'm in a holding pattern with school. and it just keeps getting worse. i think it's why my current cold just is lingering. and why i wake up with headaches (i'm thankful i'm sleeping though, i'll even accept the intense dreams). so frustrating.
but in an effort to try to do other things that then will maybe give me no other choice but accomplishing things, here's a recap of the rest of this month.
12 march - monday
pottery, oscars work, and tutoring work.
13 tuesday
oscars work
14 wednesday
oscars work, mexican dinner at nachos fiesta with jane-marie. yummy meal. jane-marie found a 2-1 mains voucher so we were able to get meals and (free margaritas). it was really nice to go out for a meal.
15 thursday
oscars work. made leprechaun masks.
16 friday
went to campus to do work, went to the gym.
had hoped to work on my draft that i had gotten back from adrian but it made me so overwhelmed i couldn't see how to start tackling it. unfortunately.
17 saturday
went to campus to attempt work and to the gym.
brittany and i went out to an irish pub for st patrick's day. they had live music. first group we saw was really good and then we waited for the next group. shockingly there was an hour and a half break of them setting up and it really wasn't worth the wait. that was a bummer. but we some guinness and heard/sang some irish drinking songs out for the holiday. it was nice.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/st-patricks-day.html
18 sunday
went to campus and to the gym.
really not an exciting week.again. sad.
19 monday
got a letter from curtin university (finally) although it wasn't one that would make me be able to go to australia. so then i felt even worse and more depressed about the situation (as opposed to being able to take a step forward in the process). spent the morning looking for how to get things notarized.
pottery. yay pottery although trying to glaze things really isn't my favorite part of the process. probably because it involves navigating around other people in the class and within the two hour time block there's not a whole lot of time. i tried to make a few more pieces too but there just wasn't a lot of time.
oscars staff meeting (ugh they're so drawn out and a waste of a lot of time) and work.
20 tuesday
went to the gym, made copies on campus, looked up more notary information. couldn't focus at all.
oscars work.
21 wednesday
met with a lawyer lady who notarized my documents. she was nice.
went to work
22 thursday
went to the gym, was on campus, went to work (we had a bake sale for dogs trust), went with brittany, jane-marie, and louise to see edinburgh uni's production of dracula. i really enjoyed it. it was done in the round. they didn't really have chairs though so we had to sit on the floor and there wasn't a lot of space so that was pretty painful. especially since my hips and knees have been hurting. so other than that, it was good. i really liked it. and we all had a pint after - nice to be in a group out for an evening.
23 friday
went to campus, downloaded and read journal articles. walked through the research park in lieu of going to the gym
24 saturday
went for a walk through town with brittany. through the scotch mist. the misty weather was pretty neat. we went down princes street and to the mall (yay poundland where i purchased a lock for the gym) and back through town. went in the newly re-opened portrait gallery. such a beautiful building and neat exhibits. and we had milkshakes.
we were supposed to go out for burgers but that plan got cancelled so we got a meal deal from sainsbury's and watched the woman in black movie. it was a nice chill evening.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/scotch-mist.html
25 sunday
went with brittany to cramond to explore cramond island. were on the bus with a spanish tour group - luckily we got on the bus and got out in front of them to walk to the island. walked all over the island and had a nice explore in the beautiful scottish spring weather that appeared for the day. then i skated up and down the promenade for 8 km while brittany read. we chose to come back into town to eat - had a burger and pint meal deal at the wetherspoons. and chilled out for most of the afternoon.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/cramond.html
26 monday
went to pottery. went to oscars- another long near pointless meeting. met jason for a pint who was in town for the weekend. it was nice to see him and catch up. actually felt like i had friends for a day. was still beautiful spring weather which also helped the mood.
27 tuesday
didn't go to campus - attack of the cold and sleep issues and my knee still hurts. read journal articles at home instead.
went to work. made butterflies with markers (which they don't call markers and get mad when i do) and water on coffee filters.
28 wednesday
read more journal articles and went to work.
got addicted to the draw something game. so much fun.
29 thursday
read more journal articles and went to work.
30 friday
went to campus, downloaded some more journal articles (i'm yak shaving .... still... eek) and tried to be productive. but only really managed to download some data and have two participants come in. went to the gym.
31 saturday
went to the post office to mail a cd that someone bought on amazon. i want people to buy the other stuff i have on there.
updated my files and organized some stuff on the computer. seems like i'm organizing but again not moving forward. but now i'm attempting to get somewhere. ugh.
have spent the week waiting on a new letter from curtin. which hasn't come. adrian had told me that he was given more paperwork earlier this week and had dealt with it but i'm still waiting. which is an issue. and keeps making me feel worse. and more stressed. and more at a standstill. a poor standstill.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
creative...
http://bodyartist.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/33-ways-to-stay-creative/
i'd like to feel creative. i didn't even really get to do pottery this week even though we had a 'class'.
also more than that, i'd like to feel productive.
i'd like to feel creative. i didn't even really get to do pottery this week even though we had a 'class'.
also more than that, i'd like to feel productive.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
final photo
so i've discovered that i've hit my allocated space allowance for photographs on blogs.
therefore, a bit cheekily, i've created a separate blog as an annex to house photographs and put the links in the posts to go to the pictures. i'm disappointed that the two can't continue to exist as one here, but at least the photos can be linked. we'll see how far that patch goes.
although if it was counting all the blogs up to this point, i should have awhile to go before i run out of space again (i'm not opting to purchase space). and i guess i'll also not upload as many. (sad, i know, if not for you then at least for me).
here's the link to the blogograph annex: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/.
and i'll leave you with one final image on this blog.
therefore, a bit cheekily, i've created a separate blog as an annex to house photographs and put the links in the posts to go to the pictures. i'm disappointed that the two can't continue to exist as one here, but at least the photos can be linked. we'll see how far that patch goes.
although if it was counting all the blogs up to this point, i should have awhile to go before i run out of space again (i'm not opting to purchase space). and i guess i'll also not upload as many. (sad, i know, if not for you then at least for me).
here's the link to the blogograph annex: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/.
and i'll leave you with one final image on this blog.
4- 11 march
4 sunday
went to the gym
5 monday
renewed my bus pass and sadly couldn't go to pottery class because it was cancelled.
went to work and was challenged to name all 50 states. provided an interesting experience with my coworkers who were trying to be helpful by naming things they thought might be states (but were pretty much either cities or in canada). anyway it was actually nice to have some positive banter throughout the afternoon.
6 tuesday
went to the gym, tried to do some work on campus
7 wednesday
went to campus, got super confused trying to tie up some loose ends regarding my draft of the ESM study and then in exasperation just sent it to adrian with an email that suggested i was going down a spiral of doom with it.
8 thursday
went to the gym, tried to do work on campus. got an email from adrian with comments about the beginning of my draft but it was in a mac document format so i couldn't even open it to look at it on campus.
9 friday
went to campus, wasn't focused, had the desire to get work done but couldn't actually get far.
went to the gym and watched a bunch of episodes of the walking dead once home.
10 saturday
went to campus and managed to set off the alarm without turning it off. thought security would have an issue with it, but luckily i solved my own problem because the guard had no idea it had happened when he finally rolled through. got some work done on my draft which was (and still is) great.
went to the gym and cycled 17 km.
came home and went to get a tasty meal to make with brittany from tesco. we had tortellini with pesto sauce, salad, garlic bread and some peroni at home. it was a really nice evening.
11 sunday
today. watched some walking dead, chatted with brittany. went to campus and got more work on my draft done. emailed it back to adrian and so i'm a bit nervous again about it. had at least one bright thought to add and hopefully the other bits i changed/added are alright. went to the gym and am now updating this.
have had numerous, very vivid and strange dreams. not sure why. but there's that too.
went to the gym
5 monday
renewed my bus pass and sadly couldn't go to pottery class because it was cancelled.
went to work and was challenged to name all 50 states. provided an interesting experience with my coworkers who were trying to be helpful by naming things they thought might be states (but were pretty much either cities or in canada). anyway it was actually nice to have some positive banter throughout the afternoon.
6 tuesday
went to the gym, tried to do some work on campus
7 wednesday
went to campus, got super confused trying to tie up some loose ends regarding my draft of the ESM study and then in exasperation just sent it to adrian with an email that suggested i was going down a spiral of doom with it.
8 thursday
went to the gym, tried to do work on campus. got an email from adrian with comments about the beginning of my draft but it was in a mac document format so i couldn't even open it to look at it on campus.
9 friday
went to campus, wasn't focused, had the desire to get work done but couldn't actually get far.
went to the gym and watched a bunch of episodes of the walking dead once home.
10 saturday
went to campus and managed to set off the alarm without turning it off. thought security would have an issue with it, but luckily i solved my own problem because the guard had no idea it had happened when he finally rolled through. got some work done on my draft which was (and still is) great.
went to the gym and cycled 17 km.
came home and went to get a tasty meal to make with brittany from tesco. we had tortellini with pesto sauce, salad, garlic bread and some peroni at home. it was a really nice evening.
11 sunday
today. watched some walking dead, chatted with brittany. went to campus and got more work on my draft done. emailed it back to adrian and so i'm a bit nervous again about it. had at least one bright thought to add and hopefully the other bits i changed/added are alright. went to the gym and am now updating this.
have had numerous, very vivid and strange dreams. not sure why. but there's that too.
26 february - 3 march
26 sunday
went to the gym and set up my folksy account page.
27 monday
pottery (yay) involved dipping things in glazes and then off to work
28 tuesday
went to campus. did some editting for a tutoring client and went to the gym. then went to work. and then tutored the 4th year psych student at edinburgh uni. was kind of weird / but also nice to tutor someone who's not a child. although i didn't walk away feeling great about the stats issues she had.
29 wednesday
leap day
went to campus and to work
1 thursday
went to the gym, did work on campus, went to work, and then tutored the psych client for two hours
and felt super tired.
2 friday
went to campus to do work - the work i thought i'd be doing a week ago before there was an issue with a few hundred files being corrupt and things. super annoying. was more entertained by my words with friends games than anything else.
did manage to edit the proof of my (and david's) journal article. was very cool to see it formatted as a POM journal article - i mean it looks real. it is really an article. i will be a published author (hopefully sooner than later if that's the proof done).
went to the gym.
3 saturday
went to the gym and grocery store. then went with brittany and jane-marie to the pub. was an enjoyable casual time out at the pub.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/wetherspoons.html
went to the gym and set up my folksy account page.
27 monday
pottery (yay) involved dipping things in glazes and then off to work
28 tuesday
went to campus. did some editting for a tutoring client and went to the gym. then went to work. and then tutored the 4th year psych student at edinburgh uni. was kind of weird / but also nice to tutor someone who's not a child. although i didn't walk away feeling great about the stats issues she had.
29 wednesday
leap day
went to campus and to work
1 thursday
went to the gym, did work on campus, went to work, and then tutored the psych client for two hours
and felt super tired.
2 friday
went to campus to do work - the work i thought i'd be doing a week ago before there was an issue with a few hundred files being corrupt and things. super annoying. was more entertained by my words with friends games than anything else.
did manage to edit the proof of my (and david's) journal article. was very cool to see it formatted as a POM journal article - i mean it looks real. it is really an article. i will be a published author (hopefully sooner than later if that's the proof done).
went to the gym.
3 saturday
went to the gym and grocery store. then went with brittany and jane-marie to the pub. was an enjoyable casual time out at the pub.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/wetherspoons.html
19 - 25 february
19 sunday
played an orchestra concert at st giles cathedral. had to be there early (too early i think without food in between) for a dress rehearsal so it took up most of the day. but it was amazing to play in the cathedral. such a great sound - and such a different from the lecture hall rehearsal space on campus. brittany and jane-marie came to the concert so that was really nice too.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/st-giles-cathedral-concert.html
20 monday
pottery and work
21 tuesday
went to campus and work
22 wednesday
campus and work
23 thursday
campus and work
24 friday
campus and went to the gym
25 saturday
went to the gym and then went with brittany to marek's for a tv-athon. ate lots of food and watched a whole bunch of episodes of alcatraz. talked to grandma and mom on the video chat too.
played an orchestra concert at st giles cathedral. had to be there early (too early i think without food in between) for a dress rehearsal so it took up most of the day. but it was amazing to play in the cathedral. such a great sound - and such a different from the lecture hall rehearsal space on campus. brittany and jane-marie came to the concert so that was really nice too.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/st-giles-cathedral-concert.html
20 monday
pottery and work
21 tuesday
went to campus and work
22 wednesday
campus and work
23 thursday
campus and work
24 friday
campus and went to the gym
25 saturday
went to the gym and then went with brittany to marek's for a tv-athon. ate lots of food and watched a whole bunch of episodes of alcatraz. talked to grandma and mom on the video chat too.
12 - 18 february
12 sunday
brittany and i went for a walk down princes street and had milkshakes at wannaburger
13 monday
school was on holiday so i went to campus
had orchestra rehearsal
14 tuesday
went to the gym and was at campus to do work. unfortunately i spent most of the morning writing a report to send to the people at curtin instead of the work i wanted to be doing. stupid progress report but anything to actually get me there i'll do...
15 wednesday
worked one day at oscars holiday club. we went on a field trip to the glasgow science centre. was a cool museum but we hardly had any time there. and watched a 3d imax animation about going to the moon. the kids liked it and it was nice to go on a field trip even if it was short.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/2012/03/glasgow-science-centre.html
16 thursday
went to the gym and worked on campus. spent the morning fixing some errors in my *upcoming* POM journal article for the copy editor, which while annoying is also very exciting. because it has to mean that soon it will be in print.
17 friday
went to the gym and worked on campus. had been frustrated because i couldn't get adrian's help throughout the week, but managed to talk to him on the phone and within the first few sentences could no longer be upset. was great to talk to him. told him where i was at, about my paper being accepted for conference presentation, and had my questions answered about what i was trying to figure out during the week. of course he was leaving that day to go off to australia so it had to be a catch-all chat. but in that, it was again clear how much him as my supervisor really is a thing.
18 saturday
tried to upload photos and update files and things on the computer.
went with brittany to jane-marie's flat. we made ice cream (mint oreo) in her new ice cream maker. and played some cards. it was lots of fun and very tasty.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/homemade-ice-cream.html
brittany and i went for a walk down princes street and had milkshakes at wannaburger
13 monday
school was on holiday so i went to campus
had orchestra rehearsal
14 tuesday
went to the gym and was at campus to do work. unfortunately i spent most of the morning writing a report to send to the people at curtin instead of the work i wanted to be doing. stupid progress report but anything to actually get me there i'll do...
15 wednesday
worked one day at oscars holiday club. we went on a field trip to the glasgow science centre. was a cool museum but we hardly had any time there. and watched a 3d imax animation about going to the moon. the kids liked it and it was nice to go on a field trip even if it was short.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/2012/03/glasgow-science-centre.html
16 thursday
went to the gym and worked on campus. spent the morning fixing some errors in my *upcoming* POM journal article for the copy editor, which while annoying is also very exciting. because it has to mean that soon it will be in print.
17 friday
went to the gym and worked on campus. had been frustrated because i couldn't get adrian's help throughout the week, but managed to talk to him on the phone and within the first few sentences could no longer be upset. was great to talk to him. told him where i was at, about my paper being accepted for conference presentation, and had my questions answered about what i was trying to figure out during the week. of course he was leaving that day to go off to australia so it had to be a catch-all chat. but in that, it was again clear how much him as my supervisor really is a thing.
18 saturday
tried to upload photos and update files and things on the computer.
went with brittany to jane-marie's flat. we made ice cream (mint oreo) in her new ice cream maker. and played some cards. it was lots of fun and very tasty.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/homemade-ice-cream.html
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)