Maybe it's logistics?

Greece in less than a week! The thought itself in exciting (and now that the date is fast approaching, a little scary-- but there's a first time for everything) enough that I'm wondering how I will be able to sleep the night before. Which reminds me to mention that I have discovered doxylamine succinate, which is effective but requires me to time it better so I don't end up drowsy until 10am the next day.

So right: this weekend? Packing. And chores. Everything must be done to cover this week and the next two upcoming weeks. Am ditching class right now to blog about it, which is extremely inefficient of me but if I don't blog now I will forget later, as there's just too much going on. I also mostly failed at Greek, given that I may be done with the beginner level by the time of departure by my grasp of declensions is atrocious and I have no idea what to do with my pronunciation. Conclusion: learning a language without a textbook is difficult, though not impossible.

My spring eval was sent back to me via the program office on the account that I need signature from all the members of my committee, including the one that I been currently emailing and failing to hear back from. (What do you think? Is it time to start committing academic stalking yet or should I give him a few more weeks until the Greece thing is over and he's not expecting? Am I more likely to get a response if I manage to startle a PI?) The summary is that I am apparently still not done with my presentation / eval thing, which now inspire similar feelings as the tag on the back of one of my long-sleeved tees that jabs at me, but only on the occasions when I move a certain way.

Undergrad starts next week, no idea of project yet because have no idea what the undergrad will be like, at all. Well, no, that's a lie; she'd emailed my PI who had cc'ed me in the reply so I know now that she's majoring in biology. However, given the breath and depth of biology as well as the levels of experience undergrads have, which varies also depending on the institution, I have no idea what will be suitable. The current strategy remains "wait and see".

I am aware that this is, on the whole, poorly timed: 4 days of training and then an entire week with the trainer gone? In my defense: I planned my trip long before I was assigned an undergrad and FAR before they gave us the date of arrival (read: last week). At least my behavioral tests are done so the timing for nearly everything else is on schedule.

Okay, now onwards to the rest of the day.