Thursday, April 29, 2010

The end of the semester...

It seems that all the professors have forgotten the semester was supposed to end today because the last day of class came and went and I still have a mountain of work before me.

Sunday:
10 am - 1 am
-Finished up Fluent simulation and wrote PPT presentation for class next morning
End of Day 1: 26 PPT slides, 2 pages of Word doc

Monday:
8:30 am - 9:30 am
-Gave PPT presentation
10:00 am - 1:30 pm
-Worked on paper about gold nanoshell cancer treatment due Wednesday (took 20 min for lunch)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
-Attended Biomaterials class
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
-Attended lab meeting and was tasked to write paper for Wednesday and PPT for Thursday
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
-Worked on tracing electrical problem with my LabView USB 6221
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
-Attended SWE banquet
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
-Worked on Biomaterials paper until headache set in
9:00 pm - 8:00 am
-Showered, played with Kerrigan, slept
End of Day 2: 6 pages Word doc

Tuesday:
8:00 am - 10:00 am
-Breakfast, Kerrigan, worked on Biomaterial paper
10:00 am - 1:30 pm
-Worked on Biomaterials paper, more troubleshooting lab equipment
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
-Attended last Optimization class of the semester
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
-Attended meeting at local children's museum HealthWorks! to discuss plans for new exhibit I am building
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
-Worked on troubleshooting flow loop so Andrew could have data to present Friday at conference
6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
-Dinner, finished Biomaterials paper, wrote semester report
11:00 pm - 7:00 am
-Shower, Kerrigan, sleep
End of Day 3: 11 pages Word doc

Wednesday:
7:00 am - 8:00 am
-Breakfast, Kerrigan
8:30 am - 9:30 am
-Cardiovascular Fluidics last class of the semester
9:45 am - 1:30 pm
-Worked on setting up Optimization project, lunch, corrected Biomaterials paper
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
-Turned in Biomaterials paper, received term paper that now needs to be corrected for class textbook
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
-Helped Andrew with conference presentation
4:00 pm - 7:00pm
-On campus errands, dinner, off campus research errands
7:00 pm - 1:30 am
-Finished optimization project, started lab PPT for presentation tomorrow
1:30 am - 8:00 am
-Shower, sleep
End of Day 3: 5 pages Word doc, 13 PPT slides

Midweek totals: 24 pages Word doc, 39 PPT slides

Thursday:
9:00 am - 10:00 am
-Breakfast
10:00 am - 11:45 am
-Start writing last term paper
11:45 am - 2:00 pm
-Help Andrew with presentation, semester presentations
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
-On phone with NI support trying to fix DAQ
4:00 pm - 10:00 pm
-Continue writing term paper, dinner, finish term paper
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
-Get ready for bed, sleep
End of Day 4: 18 pages Word doc

Friday:
9:00 am - 10:00 am
-Breakfast
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
-Studied for Math qualifier, turned in term paper
2:00 pm - on
-Gave in the mental fatigue and began my weekend.
End of Week totals: 39 PPT slides, 42 pages Word doc

Work still left to do: Write my portion of NIH R03 grant, correct Biomaterials term paper, put together summer research plan, study for qualifiers

The worst part is that I can never get on top of the work because even though classes are over, I keep getting assignments every time I turn something in!

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