It is a long weekend but I have been a conscientious researcher and have spent all day at the library. It has been tough because it is warm and sunny, and the summer is coming to a close so I would really prefer to be outside. That said, it is 440pm and I am almost done for the day.
We have several family events planned for this weekend which is lovely. In many ways this has been become a bit of trend for the past month. Although it has been difficult at times to juggle with research and work, I have thoroughly enjoyed all of it. The family frolic will continue for another few weeks. My brother will be in town again next weekend, and the following weekend I will travel home to see my parents.
I am making very respectable progress with my writing. I was unable to post last weekend because I had a family event but I finished up the revisions to Chapter 1. I had a productive meeting with my Toronto supervisor a few days ago, we discussed her feedback on both Chapter 4 and Chapter 1. She is generally quite pleased which is terrific. The other piece of good news is that I was accepted at a Women’s Leadership Conference in the UK in December. Unfortunately, it looks like I will not be able to attend after all given my work schedule, but it was good to know that I met the conference standard.
I need to be very focused on my research for the next two weeks. I am aiming to complete Chapter 2, and then devote four days of vacation to Chapter 3 and Chapter 5. I need to print and ship all 5 chapters to Norway so that the folks there can begin their review in advance of the US Colloquium in September. Never a dull moment!!