Week of Hell: Part One

This coming week is going to probably be my worst so far this semester, despite the history test of earlier in the semester. Why? Well, first off, my annotated bibliography is due this Friday in my thesis class and I don't have the kind of research done that I should have done, thanks to all of my other classes, especially history of medicine. I basically have 6 more books to read and about 40 articles between now and then and then I have to write something about how all of those are supposed to contribute to my paper.

On top of that, I have a lot of work security issues going on, that I probably shouldn't talk about online because I don't know if people from there read this somehow. Basically, I've come to the conclusion that it's best to get as many hours in as possible as soon as possible because I sense an axe in my future. To that end, I now have 96 out of 280 total tests done in the lab, and I have another 32 in progress as of this time tomorrow. I've learned that when it comes to things happening in the lab, I'm one of those people who only should know something on an absolutely necessary basis. The lab in which I work is also always subject to item theft--not as in some outside person taking things, but other people in the lab take stuff from where I work down the hall. I've taken to hiding resources in my part of the lab so that other people can't find them, and then if I'm there and they ask, I'll just say I don't know and that someone else took whatever it is that they are looking for.

Finally, my biochemistry is killing me...I'm supposed to have a draft of my article done by tomorrow and I think that'll take a good few hours tomorrow at the least. Fortunately, we have the method and intro sections done, I just need to finish up the discussion and implications and future directions of research.

The fortunate thing is that all of these things are not make or break. Keep in mind that 80% of my history grade is determined by my final product, and I'm not as obsessed with getting all A's as I once was.

Tomorrow is basically going to be a sequester day with me going into the lab, finishing up some work for Sunday thru Tuesday, then pounding out research for my thesis like crazy and finishing that biochem draft.