My life is currently boring. I thought it was time to post, but I don't have much to say.

Or maybe I do?

Colin's new job is good. Our life is MUCH better now that he has a normal job. We cook dinner and wash dishes together. Boring, but really, a huge victory. I get confused on Sunday morning when I have to make pancakes for two (two!!!) of us now. I forgot about him when I was making Sunday morning pancakes a few weeks ago. He was upset, so I made pancakes for him and none for me a few days later, and he felt better.

My job is better. My advisor cleaned up all the assorted thin section stuff and rocks in the lab, so now I have space to turn around in and even get some work done. I think he noticed when I disappeared from the lab for 6 weeks. It really had more to do with my NSF fellowship application, but my blood pressure did spike every time I walked in there. Now it is clean and gorgeous and I can fill it with lots of neatly organized science! Since when am I a neat freak???

In other news, I'm an over-acheiver?! When the hell did that happen? I thought I was a slacker who did everything half-assed at the last minute. I still kind of am, but now I find myself spending 5 hours on a slide that was presented for a grand total of 30 seconds. And 6 hours prepping for a 5 minute presentation. And then stuffing my foot in my mouth while giving said presentation and looking like I did nothing to prepare. This has been a recurring theme lately.... I've been working my ass off and looking like I did nothing and then getting locking myself in my office and sobbing... so freaking weird and stupid. I guess I just care. I guess it's not over-acheiving if I fail on the final execution, but apparently my behavior is that of an over-acheiver, according to certain people.

Grad student life is kinda freaking lame. I now cheer myself up every night at 3 am by reading hyperbole and a half while eating peanut butter with a spoon.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

I've been invited to coffee by a postdoc from the UK. I need to email her. I need to have coffee with someone who survived grad school and still wants to do science. Besides profs, I know few who accomplished this feat. I hope to be one of them. I need some survival tips.