Meeting next Monday

I meet with my supervisors on Monday. I hope they like my new direction. I do.

Reading a great book right now called How to Write a Better Thesis (Evans and Gruba, 2nd Ed). Some fellow students put me onto it. I find it such interesting reading and hope it will make my work much tighter than it would have been.  ¶ 11:11 am

  I like the work I am doing on Chapter 2

Chapter 2 looks fairly good to me now its half way restructured. I find the process of restructuring less frightening now than I did. Thus draft is truly my work. I hope the supervisors like it.

Speaking of supervisors, I will get limited feedback on draft Chapter 3 this week. Its been compared to draft Chapter 1 and so I will need to sort them both out. My hunch is that it will be Chapter 1 that changes and not Chapter 3, but we'll see I guess.

I joined a new research group this week and I've accepted some part-time work- 2 days per week for 2 months during December and January. My scholarships wind up on 25 November. The part-time job is fairly dull and a bit pedestrian, but it's in my field, it's some cash and it leaves room in my brain for my research while I work. I will have a meeting with prospective employers next week. Guess I'll know more then.

As for the research group, all of my input so far is written and I'll be having surgery the next time they meet. Scheduling problems meant I couldn't attend the first two meetings and I won't be able to make the third meeting either. All I can do is keep the group informed and take things from there I guess.  ¶ 12:09 pm