happychemist

I've been unmotivated, lately. The dishes pile up in the sink, the clothes remain in the dirty laundry bin, books remain unread, and the data remains unfitted. Haven't written for a week. And I haven't worked out for 10 days. Cyclic, to be sure. Am forcing myself out of the haze now. Can't punt too long, no matter how much I want to.

Last week I gave a really awesome group meeting (to be modest :P) after which my adviser came up to me and told me that

It was the best group meeting he'd seen in a while; he'd no idea that I'd gotten so good at data analysis.
I was in terrific shape to graduate on time: he could see my thesis right in front of him, in that presentation.
The work I was doing merited a full paper in Journal of the American Chemical Society. A first author paper for me, of course. :)

So, you can see that there's not much reason to feel so icky. My adviser told me everything I needed to hear to stay on track. So I SHOULD GET THERE. :P

So I guess I'm stating it here and now: I've been lame, and I want to un-lame myself.

Statement of Intent: By the end of this week, I will:
~~decide on first prop idea by end of August.~~ (Get it written by the end of September.)
~~finish data analysis, utilizing the new code I was given.~~
~~start purification on the Ru124/YNO2122 system~~

J's been calling every other day from Boston. I think he understands my longing to be involved in his life, as he calls and asks for suggestions for movie theaters, etc, and tells me where he's been exploring. One day he was lost on campus and asked for directions. It was the first time since leaving more than 4 years ago that I really missed MIT.

I met

semioticwarrior's kidlets on Saturday. I could not take my eyes off of them; they're so beautiful and happy. I got my very new and adorable 6" by 6" RFID-blocking flat bag, and it is lovely.

Hobbies revived: slowly teaching myself guitar, and knitting (learned how to knit with a cable needle, AND I knitted myself some wrist warmers!