That's the plan

There's so much hanging after this semester. Usually, I feel relieved after the semester is over, but there's so much left to do that .... well I guess that I still feel relieved. I do not have that feeling that things are rolling away from me. I still feel like there's a ton to do, and I haven't gotten some of grades back yet, so I'm a little anxious about that. Over the break we're going to begin a test for colonization with more regularly sized plastics. I'm a little disappointed that we couldn't start the 120 day co incubation, but this is great practice for that. I am very motivated to complete the test for colonization, and I find that I'm definitely feeling more comfortable organizing our tests and trying to think of solutions to issues that come up which is good because honestly I was starting to feel like I was just being way too dramatic about issues that were popping up in the process of my research when I should have been just problem solving. Dr Cotter has really been a wonderful example of that. We are going to bang out this colonization test, and we'll find out some stuff. You always find out something.

In retrospect

I'm a bit relieved that this semester is coming to an end. Towards the end all the little things that had begun to get away from me really started adding up most especially with my research. Given the semester to do over again, I'd try to plan ahead better for due dates, and I'd try to schedule more time for meetings with my research partners. We could have especially benefited from paying better attention to our data as it came in instead of just at the end when we could lump it all together. I'm looking forward to next semester even though I'm happy to be through this one.