There are a glut of blog tour reviews coming up - I got a little carried away because I've been hankering for some new reading material. On the positive side, they've all been reasonably good - so presumably the reviews won't be too torturous to read (and hey, maybe you'll see a Christmas gift idea in there.)
In the mean time, I believe I am finally on track with my PhD. I got the IRB approval to use the students at the school where I teach when then allowed me to re-re-re...well, whatever, resubmit the IRB approval for the school I'm attending. I got an email Friday saying "Get the signatures redone and sent to me and I'll upload your approval letter." So I'm taking that as a done deal. I priority mailed the packet to my advisor on Saturday. So hopefully by Wednesday I should have that set.
I'm hopeful that, if I do have that by Wednesday, I could possibly get in on the students starting the first week of December. I'd really like to have 4 of the 10 weeks take place in 2009 so that I'm not limited to 6 weeks or so to actually process the data/write the final report when all is said and done. It's gonna be tight, no matter what, but I'd like to see what I can do to reduce the stress at the end of the day. Still...in May I should actually be done!
Other than that, today was Tim's birthday and I feel like I completely dropped the ball. I didn't get the cake done like I had planned, etc. So we grilled and dinner was good but...meh. He says it's ok, so I'm going with that. But he also got only one gift because he couldn't come up with anything that he wanted (well, there were a few things, but none of them are out yet, which doesn't help.)
Finally, the Beth Reduction Program continues to plod ever slowly down. (Down is a good thing.) But it's really slow and very annoying and I just wish I had a metabolism. Any metabolism. Also? It would be nice to be able to eat a carb now and then without jeopardizing progress. And I get very frustrated/annoyed with people who have normal bodies and can drop weight doing something like Weight Watchers...I mean, I'm happy for them, but it's still annoying.
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1 day ago
Sorry about the WW bragging. I know how frustrating it can be to see those kinds of posts all the time. I also know how frustrating it is to lose weight (or not lose weight).
ReplyDeleteYou're watching carbs alone or other things as well?
I really am happy for you - and hey, I eat fewer grapes when they're sour. :) Mostly carbs (since that's where the root of my problem is, PCOS = insulin resistance = carbs bad) though trying to do reasonably low fat (without going crazy) as well and just generally healthier overall. That plus 45-60 minutes on the elliptical every.stinking.day and you'd think things would be shrinking faster. But I seriously have no metabolism. I've frustrated one of the best bariatric doctors in the area to the point she told me she didn't think she could help me...and she doesn't say that easily.
ReplyDeleteWow, that would be frustrating. And that takes a lot of fun out of eating, too. I'm sorry...
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