Plagiarizing from Profgrrrrl, the translation would be "Oh Shit, I must write! week."
In a week and a half, I'm going out of town for a week and a half. In between now and when I get back, there are a number of important things with external deadlines that must be met.
Write and submit invited abstract
Submit paperwork to university compliance office
Write letter of intent for a big grant (and make progress on the grant app itself)
Write volunteered abstract, get co-author input, revise and submit
Get student working on hir abstract, revise as necessary, make sure zie submits
Write draft of…
to-do
Despite being the one to pick the topic for the upcoming Scientiae, I have struggled and struggled to come up with anything to post for this month's Carnival. As Alice alluded to earlier, I'm having a particularly tough month, feeling like I am treading water most of the time, and not making any headway against the current.
I tried to write a post in which I listed the things I had gotten done this month, but it was just too damn depressing. Especially when I compared that list to the optimistic list written on the whiteboard in my office. And even more depressing when compared to the list…