I got back from my recent travels last night and have been feeling rather reflective today. I had a moment of panic getting out of bed this morning when I realized that my current space and routine will be gone forever in just four to five weeks. This is it. The big transition from school to work. Although rationally not the transition and just one ( Read more... )

Although it's late in the day, I'm just now making lunch, and have yet to work on my thesis today.... I'm feeling oddly productive, I let myself sleep in, which my body appreciated, and then went downtown to return books to the public library to avoid late charges. While downtown, I was also able to grab some groceries and.... buy my bus tickets!

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One of the many things distracting me from my work is thoughts of this time last year. My Poppa passed away on October 14th, 2008. One year ago. The night before I fed him some supper, talked about fishing, gave him a kiss on the forehead, said goodnight and that I would see him in the morning. He didn’t make it through the night.

I arrived in ( Read more... )

good: took time out for a Thanksgiving dinner last night

bad: rude email from university staff first thing this morning

good: rambling email from friend in Banff explaining all of the beautiful things I will see there

bad: thesis editing definitely not done...

Last time I was frantically editing my thesis my computer was plagued with the blue screen of death and then today a power outage! What are you trying to tell me universe?

Life has been a bit of adventure lately and I'm not complaining ( Read more... )

I used to think I was a patient person but all of the waiting I’ve had to do recently is starting to make me think otherwise. On the up side, I am learning out of necessity how to deal with not having a set schedule or plan (short or long term). It’s rather exhausting though, I feel a bit like a ping pong ball, or maybe a yo-yo.

Everything is ( Read more... )

I'm not sure it really means anything, but it is interesting to have the dates line up and since I'm at the computer I thought I'd take advantage of this opportunity to mark the 9th minute of the 9th day of 9th month of the (200)9th year ( Read more... )

I have now been awake for 41 hours and counting. In that time, I handed in a revised copy of my thesis to my supervisor, attended a two day long conference on equity & diversity, and just finished it all off with a Johnny Reid concert! Throw in the mix some mouse traps, OSAP dealings, and other such random things ( Read more... )

So after waiting an entire month to get my edited thesis returned to me, I got it on Monday and was supposed to return the edited version back by Thursday night. BUT... it has been the strangest week. It feels like everything that could go wrong, did, and I have spent all of my time trouble shooting instead of editing and I'm still not done! I was ( Read more... )