Thesis Detox
August 27, 2008
It’s been so great to be home these past few weeks. Before I came here I was working on my thesis every day, worrying about it, stressed out, cranky, crazy. That’s no way to live. For the first couple weeks back I didn’t really think about the work much and it was heaven. I can’t believe how much stress can take over your life and make you miserable. I should probably look into ways of dealing with my stress, because I was not going about it in a healthy way. At one point I was waking up at 4 PM and falling asleep at 6 AM with the help of sleeping pills, for crying out loud! Graduate school is indeed not for the faint of heart.
Now I’m looking into the future and Microsoft is staring back at me. Now I have to resume my work until it’s finished for good. I was waiting around for feedback from my adviser for a long time and every one thought it sucked, but truthfully I didn’t mind much because it meant I could put off the work a little longer. Now I have feedback for my introduction and I groan at the prospect of wading through all the tedious bullshit. They keep telling me the degree is worth it. It’s worth it. It’s worth it. It’s worth it?
I Finished The Rough Draft
August 8, 2008
Ah! It’s good to be done with that. It was such a burden, having that hanging over my head. Kind of like the ring of power, except not really cool, or gold. Looking back, I can’t believe how long it took to write. Sadly, there’s still more to do, too. I’m waiting to get feedback from my adviser, after which I’ll probably have to make some changes. I still have to finish up a coding project that goes along with the thesis document, but hopefully that won’t be too much more work. Then I have to drive back to SLO at some point to defend the thing. I decided to move home now since there’s no point in sitting around SLO for almost a month before I can defend. I’m looking forward to seeing my friends at home. I wish there was more summer, I feel like I’ve missed out on the majority of it.
