week's worth

This week seems to have gone by really fast - it's saturday and instead of doing work i'm typing a blog and looking into flights for my conference in Vegas. This week was a good week.

Monday- I had the neatest thing happen - back in july i went to a site (futureme.org) where you can email yourself and it will be delivered on whatever day. I set it to be deliver oct 26 (when i'm 26.5) and i would consistently remember that this email was goin to arrive soon. However on monday it slipped my mind till I got it. It was a nice surprise and I laughed bc i had forgetten. I had written encouraging msgs to myself to keep me going as being in the career path i'm in can have its challenges.

In the afternoon i had a class that i tend to dred as its challenging for me - this week I manage to come with an idea that was chosen for discussion in the class, i was quite proud :) (phd class makes it even better :) ).

Tuesday - was a good day - was in a reflective mood and just allowed me to clue into somethings i haven't noticed before. I also talked to one of the profs from that monday class (who wasn't there) and told about my idea and we talked about it abit she suggested i tell my advisor about it maybe we can get sometihng goin on it.

Wednesday - i dont really remember wednesday.. have to think bout it....oh that's right. i had a meeting with my advisor to practice my presentation which went well - wasn't really a practice but it was more going over what i was planning to talk about each slide. Then I suggested an idea for some more research studies (one i wrote about for the phd class) and she said it was an interesting idea but will have to do more to figure out what has and hasn't been done on it.

Thursday - Thursday was a long day - i stayed at school till about 11 at night (from 9-11 was fun not work). During the day i worked on my presentation for the next day and met with my advisor again to talk about other work have on the go and set up more ideas for other studies - I appreciate how involved she is wiht my learning - i really lucked out with her.

At night there was a halloween gathering for grad students so i ended up goin shortly after nine. I was dressed as 'the road to success'.. I was dressed all in black and had "road lines" (masking tape) up both legs meeting in the middle of my stomach leading to the word "SUCCESS" - I ended up winning the prize that night for the cheapest halloween costume :) (i have access to pictures for those who want to see this)

Friday - yesterday was my presentation - i was really nervous for it, but it went really well - I was up talking with not looking at the notes and i was surprised by that. People complimented me and gave me some feedback on how to keep making it better. After that i was tired (didn't sleep enough throughout the week) so i wasn't really getting much done - ended leaving school earlier than normal (about 5pm) and went shopping with a friend of mine bought some things (yay slippers lol) - and then spent the rest of the night relaxing.

Today - is a bit of a slack day and feeling some guilt but oh well - i need to rest more i work too hard.

This week has made me feel more confident with school - i have had some shaky moments and the success of the presentation and great meetings and such - just makes me feel like i'm geting back to myself - after some shaky times from last year. I know I'm quite capable of succeeding in grad school and becoming a professor but i have had moment where my confidence has been damaged so working my way to getting it back to a high level and I think i'm on my way there.

Here's to a great week and many more to come :)