To Did/To Do

[rebeccmeister]

Did:
-Got Final Experiment Underway, with some minor hitches. I wanted to use a coffee blade grinder to grind up the polenta diets, but by the end of the day the blades were rather severely misshapen. I have ordered a corn grinder off of the internets; hopefully it will arrive before next Monday. I also need to get a larger pan for drying out the polenta into a thinner sheet, so it cracks up more easily. Hopefully, hopefully D and I can stay on top of data collection and processing for this experiment. Also hopefully the colonies want to grow. Things looked a bit static today.
-E-mailed two other people for research proposal 2; promptly heard back in the affirmative from one; waiting for some critical information from the other.
-Finished writing two documents for a workshop from January 20-22 ("Forward to Professorship") and turned them in
-Played Scrabble. It was good to see everyone again.

Do:
-Finish writing recommendation letter for D
-Finish drafts of research proposals 1 and 2, go over with J, revise them, also review other documents
-Send along materials to recommendation letter-writers
-E-mail one other guy for research proposal 1
-Work on Diss Chap 2 data analysis and manuscript-writing
-Get teaching assignment details for the spring
-Feed/water ants
-Teach D how to trace fungus areas
-Pick up and plant blackberry bushes I ordered
-Balance checkbook
-Make rowing plans for the spring
-Make pumpkin peanut soup (ask Mom for recipe?)
-Repair greenhouse, plant starter seeds, order more starter seeds
-Get ready to bike down to Tucson

It's late. Bedtime, then up promptly in the morning.

Comments

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I am sorry we weren't able to get together when you were here. You can blame Heathrow airport and snow for that one this time. Next time you are in the area we should have tea.