Hodgepodge

My main goal for this summer was to complete and submit all the paperwork for my last two research projects so I can start actually doing the research. I was 90-95% finished with the paperwork for my dissertation project. That includes 16 quizzes, 16 worksheets, time lines, checklists, verification forms, and an 18 page protocol proposal. I just needed a few more answers to some questions on the big form and some signatures. I’d be ready to submit it by next week at the latest.

Monday I got an email telling me that effective immediately all old versions of the forms were no longer good and only new versions of the forms will be accepted now. The quizzes, worksheets, and time lines are still good, but everything else needs to be redone. Can you see my motivation dropping before your eyes? :angry:

Last night was my first big night as Young Women president. We had a Personal Progress Purse Party based around the story of the lost purse from Elder Cook’s April General Conference talk. Because we are a new presidency I had all of us introduce ourselves with a “purse biography.” (I brought items you can find in my purse at some point – a notebook, a photo book, quilt squares, a flash drive, and my small Book of Mormon. I’ll let you decide what that says about me.) It was a great way to get to know a bit more about each of them. Then we attempted to make purses. Which wasn’t quite the chaotic disaster it could have been. In fact, I think most people had a good time. It helped that we had basically one adult for every two girls.

We have roadshow stuff for the next month, and the specialists will handle that, so my next thing is the ward party we have to do a skit for this Friday and a youth dance our ward is hosting next week. Brett and I need to dust off our dancing shoes.

I got home last night and it took my brain forever to stop going over the evening and calm down. Darn my introverted nature. I’d sleep better if mutual ended at 6pm, giving me time to unwind. Since it doesn’t even start till 7pm this could be a problem. While I was gone Brett had sorted and put away the laundry and cleaned up dinner (that he’d cooked).

This comic from xkcd, “Lanes,” has been haunting me for the last week. It’s a very effective way to illustrate the reality of cancer.

I’ve decided I really like Google+. I think I need to write a whole separate post about why though.

I think this Story People sums up how I feel right now, about a lot of things – Stress Management. I’m just waiting for life to prove me wrong. The grass, however, is growing. (So are the weeds. I haven’t had to pull weeds in months but I’m barely keeping on top of it right now.) We’ve even had to mow the grass once. And since our neighbors have moved, it won’t be long before the grass is greener on our side of the fence. I need to get out there and water it for tonight.