Back to life, back to reality (feel free to sing along). Well, Harper is all better. That means back to baby school for her and back to work for me. Although this is a short work week, I am feeling the crunch of work pressure. I like to set false deadlines for myself. I need goals to work toward. I set false deadlines and try my best to meet them. I have set a false deadline to get a paper written by Christmas. Writing a scientific paper is kind of involved. I have 99% of the experiments completed. I just have one more thing left to do, then I can write the whole thing up. I've been dragging my feet a little on this because the work I'm doing is kind of a big deal. My boss and I have decided to submit it to the best journal in my entire field. Never in my life did I think that I would do anything worthy of being published in this journal. Frankly, I'm a little nervous about taking on something this big. I don't like disappointment. It's probably my least favorite emotion. Most of the time I avoid situations that may result in disappointment. But this time, the reward greatly outweighs the cost. So today I am buckling down and working on this paper. I'll let you know how it all turns out. Keep your fingers crossed.
