The Big 'Un. . . Round Two

Ok, cross your fingers, I've just begun the experiment. Again. Heh. Here's hoping that everything goes smoothly. I need the equipment to hold up for a full week, running 24 hours a day.

I'll be gathering approximately 1.5-2.5GB of data (image gathering) every 24 hours starting tomorrow, for 7 days.

And then of course there's the data analysis and the image processing to go with it.

mmmmm yeah. . . I have my work cut out for me.

A PI had the gall to come by yesterday to ask me to do him a favor and, when I told him I was going to be too busy to organize a lunch for a visiting speaker next Tuesday because of my experiment, said my excuse was a feeble one. *Gawk* Exsqueeze me?

Ok, so I also didn't want to do the favor but, I AM going to be in the 'scope room from 11-3 on the day in question. I think that precludes my taking your speaker to lunch, don't you? *rolls eyes*

It's all right, he has no idea what it is I'm doing or how it works and technically I *could* push my experiment and 15 GB of data aside for a 2 hour social call and hope against hope that somebody else hasn't already signed up for the 'scope time behind me, but why should I?

I shouldn't, and I didn't.

So there :-)

I have so many other things on my "to do" list here in the lab and I haven't had the wherewithal to get to many of them. Well, I've given a couple of them a shot, but failed on the first couple of tries. That isn't to say I'm too discouraged to try again, it's just the usual case of too many priorities.

I'd like to go on a real vacation. Go to some place I've never been, stay in a hotel with some friends, see a play or two, eat out, drink a little, play a lot. . . sleep. . . But I want to go on this vacation after I've got this paper out.

Of course, this vacation can't really happen because I don't have any money. So perhaps I'll have to come up with a modified vacation plan. If I even have the time. *sigh*

I'll just keep dreaming.