One hurdle crossed...

It's Wednesday again. Time flies, especially when you're having fun. Now that I have a designated blog day, I find myself itching to blog more but I won't. I am intent on sticking to the plan that I have laid out for myself. So whats happened since last week?

Big news: I have a Thesis Committee. Dr. PI and I had been talking about it for a while but stuff came up (a big grant proposal) and it took a back seat. Thankfully, I knew who I wanted on it for the most part- one spot was a toss up. We thought of getting an MD since we study a disease but in the end decided to go with a PhD with the option of bringing in an MD later. On Wednesday I got a "gentle reminder" that I was approaching the end of Year Two and needed to have the committee in place before then. That was great because by the time Friday ended, I had 5 confirmations to my requests. I got 0 rejections so I only had to do the dance once. For that I am thankful. I haven't spoken to many people who have gotten rejections but I am not great with them, especially after my fourth rotation ordeal which I will post about later. I am really happy to have it out of the way. Hopefully i will have all my signatures in place by Monday and turn in my form. Then I will really start panicking about the introductory meeting. 

This brings me to my next point. I need to develop a "Polker Face". Seriously. I can't hide how I feel. You can tell exactly how I'm feeling by just looking at my face. This may not be such a good thing at said meeting since they will know when I'm annoyed, exasperated, etc. I don't want to give my emotions away in a flash. Eg, if I get asked a tough question it will take all my will power not to look heavenward or roll my eyes. I need to start working on controlling my face and appearing expressionless. 

This past weekend was Memorial Day weekend and I actually took the day off. I needed to regroup since an experiment I'm trying to iron out keeps giving me mixed results. I went to  Big City Closest to Mine with some Chinese friends to eat "dim sum" and shop and an international food market. It was an enjoyable trip despite the endless 3 hour drive (6 both ways with stops for gas). I hate driving long distances but I decided t go on this trip to get away from My City since I haven't left it in about 21 months. Now it's back to work.

I have been going to Zumba consistently and I even bought some gym clothes. Nothing fancy but more comfortable for taking the trek to the gym. I am very self conscious.

Anyway, off to do some imaging to I can run to the gym.

Toodles,
Dee.