Post 22: Happy August!

IT IS AUGUST! 4 weeks until school is back in session and just over 2 weeks until I am back to NY!

Today: Finish research and finish 2nd draft of paper.

Still got a lot of coding to do, as well as producing figures for both my paper and presentation. After results are produced I have to write a result section, and a conclusion/discussion section in the paper. I have to send the paper I finish tonight to both my mentor and the REU coordinator. Who knows how long I will be at the lab tonight. My grad student, Shiva isn't even available until a little bit from now.

Tomorrow: Finish presentation and edit paper.

I will get the edits back from both Sachin (my mentor) and Selman (the REU coordinator) and then I will have a whole other group of edits to make, probably more from Sachin than Selman. I will also finish my presentation in order to have it read to give on Wednesday.

Wednesday: Give mock presentation and turn in final draft of paper.

Sachin wants me to practice so he can make changes. "I don't want you presenting something I didn't approve." This presentation is only supposed to be 10-15mins long. The worse part about that time restraint is that when I get back to Lyco I will have to stretch it out for and extra 15-20mins, as well as creating some kind of hand out.

Thursday: Presentation day.

I present at 11:40am on Thursday, the last one of the morning presentations.

Paul, from Aamco, has yet to call me. I am hoping for good news about my car. He called on Friday saying they had to order a part, but seeing now that it is after five, I am not expecting a call from him until tomorrow at the soonest. Feels like forever ago that I was stranded on the side of Florida Turnpike and I-75.