I have plans for this summer. Most of them include bearing down and figuring out how exactly to go about writing at least one chapter of my dissertation. I've been plugging away at a really awesome study that I'm very proud and excited about, and that my advisors tell me should be at least one chapter of my dissertation. I don't have any results yet - I'm still collecting and processing data - but I should have results within the next month, and then this summer I will be figuring out how to write them up. I have no idea how to write a dissertation. I suppose that's what advisors are for...
Anyway, here are my other plans:
Road.
Trip. Massive, massive road trip, in which I pass through four of the remaining states I've never been to (Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota) and visit two national monuments (Yellowstone National Park and Mount Rushmore), and pass through a couple of cities that are supposed to be surprisingly cool (Boise, Fargo, Minneapolis, Madison, Chicago - although I've already been to the last two and know that I love them). It is going to be epic, and I am really excited.
For now, though, I need to get back to work and read about how the vocal tract develops over the first few years of life. Speech development is so cool, I'm telling you. Anyway, I thought I'd been silent to the blogosphere for a while, so I figured it was time to send out a smoke signal. I'm still here! Just busy learning to program, reading papers, and teaching some undergrads. Plugging away, as always...
4 comments:
I sincerely hope that road trip
includes a pass thru Illinois.
Love,
Grandma and Grandpa
When will you be in Minneapolis? I should be back there by the end of August, though I expect your trip is earlier in the summer?
Hi Emily, so good to hear from you! It's in no way set in stone yet, but I imagine we'll be passing through Minneapolis sometime around August 8-10. Right now I'm thinking of leaving at the very beginning of August and taking a little over a week to make it down to Urbana. Let me know if you'll be around - it would be so fun to see you!
Hi Melinda! Sorry for the long delay—I forgot to check back on the comments. It sounds like we won't overlap in Minneapolis, but I'm excited for you to spend time in that wonderful city anyway. And it's possible that we'll end up in Urbana at the same time, since I'll be coming through at some point between leaving Germany and heading back to MN. I'll get in touch again later in the summer!
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