lab stress
Aug. 9th, 2012 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianDetermining actual dates for this fall's Japan trip is surprisingly stressful! It doesn't look like I need a visa (less than 90 days, not being paid for work), but they're telling me that room reservations are hard to get and then asking me for specific days I want them. I want to be flexible so we can get something! I said flexible, suggested days, and said flexible again, which I think should both get the point across and allow them a starting point.
And my head hurts, I have a bunch to do today, and there's a postdoc candidate visiting. But having PI back in town helped kick me into a more motivated mode yesterday. We're going to rush to publication on the (latest) project that wouldn't die, which is both a stressor and a relief.
Teaching helped too; I'd been putting it off, because argh dealing with humans, but the undergrad is a good and clever one and I like teaching. It went great.
And my head hurts, I have a bunch to do today, and there's a postdoc candidate visiting. But having PI back in town helped kick me into a more motivated mode yesterday. We're going to rush to publication on the (latest) project that wouldn't die, which is both a stressor and a relief.
Teaching helped too; I'd been putting it off, because argh dealing with humans, but the undergrad is a good and clever one and I like teaching. It went great.
