Today is again, my lab's really long bi-weekly meeting. It's currently 9:15 pm and we started at 6:30 pm. We are closing in to the 3 hour mark and we have 3~4 people left to present which will probably run the meeting to 10:00 pm.
Fortunately for me, I haven't been sitting here idly for the last 3 hours.
Tomorrow I have a presentation for my oxides class, which covers the oxidization of metals at high temperatures, a somewhat benign topic. Last week, I did a presentation for that class and for bonus marks, the professor asked if anyone would be willing to do a second presentation for the last few chapters (as of last week, we have rotated through all the students). "Sure, why not" I thought. Turns out I was in for a busy week.
I skipped out on 2 assignments for my numerical analysis class and thought that the final assignment would be due on the Tuesday. I figured that I would burn through Monday and finish all 3 and hand them in (it seems, that most professors are OK with students handing in their assignment late... as for me, I totaly forgot that we had the assignment when they were due).
Tuesday and Wedensday would be experiments days-- last week I was quite busy with bringing 3 new exchange students up to speed at the lab when they arrived. Helped them out with registration and adminisration and getting them settled in and one of them would be working with me on my project. Since I've been helping everyone out, I hadn't much time to do much experimentation on my own. The lab report meeting for my group was today, giving me 2 days to churn out some preliminary results. They weren't pretty (well one of them was) but I got something done.
Tomorrow (Thursday) is my presentation for the oxides class and I just started reading my chapter for presentation and finished making my slides. All that's left is to scan some pictures from the book and put them in.
On Saturday and Sunday I'll be skipping out of my weekend lab meeting to attend a seminar camp held by another lab to do a presentation in English by request of a professor acquaintence of mine (who is also a friend of my supervisor). Apparently they want to learn how a native English speaker presents and to learn from me. As for me, I'll be learning about their research topics over the weekend at the retreat.
After the weekend, I have 2 simple simulations to program for my numerical analysis class, a seminar presentation for my lab the next weekend (hopefully, I can kill 2 birds with one stone and present about simulation techniques), prepare for 2 exams for my classes and write a simulation for my controls course for an assignment.
For August, I need to hit the experiments hard and prepare a for a 1 hour lab presentation which sumarizes what I've been doing for the last 4 months. I need more data and results to talk about and then head off for an internship for 10 days.
So, that's what I've got on my slate for the next 2 months. Oh and I have to fit in some fun in there... some how.
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