My swipe-card has still not been activated, so I am unable to get back to the lab tonight.
Today was slightly scary, without letting me have any warning, my supervisor came up to me in the office and started talking about organizing the chapters for my thesis! Eeek!
There is no doubt I knew it had to some eventually, but it was still kind of scary. The good news was that after looking through my work, most of the areas can be rounded out by the addition of about 8 or so compounds, none of which should be too fiendishly difficult to make (in theory). Though there is the main area which require a lot more work before completion.
Also today I had my first class to demonstrate in a year. Basically I run a class of about 15 students as they do the hands-on practical part of their chemistry course. It lasts about 2 hours, and this group was actually quite bearable and I escaped only 15 minutes late. Unfortunately my compound crapped out and I didn't get the end product I was really hanging for. I will try a modification next time, and hopefully…
I also went to get a new parking permit for the little green car, and after shelling out the money, I had the first evidence that my new name was floating around the system, when I got "Miss Steph Hurst" on my parking permit. Not a problem…
I was thinking that the fact it takes more work for me to look like a normal girl is counterbalanced by the possibility that I can get myself to look like either a guy or a girl. At the moment the guy bit is easy, the girl bit hard… who knows, maybe in the future it will be the reverse?
I have my photos back, and they are really great. There is a really nice one of a surprised looking Peta G which I've stuck up with the photos of my other friends. Most of the others are from Bridget's party and Red's 21st. The sole photo with me in it conclusively proves that I need to wear shirts which have a collar. My long skinny neck and fat head just looks too wrong otherwise.
11:20 pm - There you have it, living proof that boredom can work miracles, my room is clean again…
12:05 am - Hmmm… perhaps having a plan will make this thesis easier to write than I think. Mainly I'm just worried about the introduction, mostly other people take a big review that they've written and modify that, however I haven't written one. However, I think I might be able to get away with a small introduction, because many of my compounds cover multiple areas. The theory is that I might submit by Xmas or this time next year depending on how everything goes. *fingers crossed*
Sorry for the boring thesis talk, but I have to warn you that there is going to be more and more of it in the near future… at the moment, it is my raison de' etre…