When I planned out my thesis schedule, I built in 20 days of what we in the experimental research world like to call 'shit's gonna break' time. The good news is, I haven't broken anything yet. The bad news is I am down to 3 days of flux time before life starts getting... complicated.
Also, I basically have 4 months to finish my lab work and write my thesis.
What the hell was I thinking?
As far as classes are concerned, I have to finish the assignment for my Bed, Bank, & Shoreline Protection course and take the oral exam. Then I'm done. I can't wait.
This week is 'spring break,' or, as we call it at TU Delft, Ski Break. Which, of course, means nothing to those of us trying to graduate this summer. We're all in the lab, doing literature review, or writing code. Friday was kind of depressing: I was the only person at the train station in Delft without luggage and/or a ski bag. This time last year, we were en route to Grenoble for a magical skiing weekend in the Alps. This year, I'm basically living in a lab that's 14 degrees C and having some surprisingly enlightening conversations about American politics (hello, Iowa caucus) with PhD students, post docs, and professors. I've had some really interesting discussions over the past year about this stuff, and I must admit to being quite impressed with the level of knowledge of international politics exhibited by the people over here. I like to think I'm fairly in touch with European politics, but I certainly don't know the intricacies of the different governments. Either the US is political reality TV, or we're a big enough deal that people pay attention to what's going on.
Anyways, that's all I've got for this week, unless you want to look at sheared clay cylinders.
What's that? You're totally excited about dirt?
Awesome!
Enjoy.
EDIT:
Apparently Facebook feels bad for grad students, too...
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