*blows nose loudly*
Dec. 8th, 2005 05:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castaliaWell, finally got my checks deposited. It wasn't as much as I wanted it to be, but I was afraid to wait any longer. The dollar just isn't doing well, and I'd rather not take a chance on it going down even more. I'll just have to be really careful with money. I'm doing ok so far, so it should be fine. Have to wait possibly a few weeks for the checks to process, though, before I can write the school a check for my tuition fees. I swear, I'm so damned tired of worrying about money.
I'm also annoyed, b/c I was looking at one scholarship I'd wanted to apply for, but I noticed something in the fine print - only US schools. Argh. There goes that, unless I want to do my PhD in the States and apply for it next year. *sigh*
I do have some good news, though. Dropped by to talk to Chris Richardson yesterday about my project, and I came at just the right time, b/c two of his other students were there - one guy doing a PhD and another who just got his PhD, and both work with cuttlefish. I got to sit down with all three of them and talk about my ideas for a project, and they seemed to think this could really work and be interesting. Might even tie in with what the other guy is doing for his PhD project. I have to write up a proposal and turn it in for approval, but as long as that goes well I think I've got Richardson as my supervisor for sure. He seemed impressed that I'd read up on the subject and knew what I wanted to do :) He said the PhD student and I might have to take a trip down to Portsmouth and finagle some eggs and possibly some juvenile cuttlefish from this guy who usually supplies them, then we'd grow them to breeding status in time for the actual project to start in the summer. Then I can set up some mating experiments and look at intra- and intersexual selection during mating, basic mating behaviour, etc. Might even do a little side experiment on various ways of transporting the eggs; we kind of brainstormed for a bit, so there are plenty of things I can look at. I'm really excited about this now!
My body always seems to sense when I finally get some downtime, or else it's just the annual pre-Christmas sinus revolt, b/c my sinuses are acting up again. I'm all tired and feverish, and I've got icky drainage yet again. Don't really have time to be sick, but if I have to be, I'm glad it's during my reading week so I won't have to deal with deadlines on top of feeling bad. At least I can sleep in if I want, which I've done almost every day this week.
I'm also annoyed, b/c I was looking at one scholarship I'd wanted to apply for, but I noticed something in the fine print - only US schools. Argh. There goes that, unless I want to do my PhD in the States and apply for it next year. *sigh*
I do have some good news, though. Dropped by to talk to Chris Richardson yesterday about my project, and I came at just the right time, b/c two of his other students were there - one guy doing a PhD and another who just got his PhD, and both work with cuttlefish. I got to sit down with all three of them and talk about my ideas for a project, and they seemed to think this could really work and be interesting. Might even tie in with what the other guy is doing for his PhD project. I have to write up a proposal and turn it in for approval, but as long as that goes well I think I've got Richardson as my supervisor for sure. He seemed impressed that I'd read up on the subject and knew what I wanted to do :) He said the PhD student and I might have to take a trip down to Portsmouth and finagle some eggs and possibly some juvenile cuttlefish from this guy who usually supplies them, then we'd grow them to breeding status in time for the actual project to start in the summer. Then I can set up some mating experiments and look at intra- and intersexual selection during mating, basic mating behaviour, etc. Might even do a little side experiment on various ways of transporting the eggs; we kind of brainstormed for a bit, so there are plenty of things I can look at. I'm really excited about this now!
My body always seems to sense when I finally get some downtime, or else it's just the annual pre-Christmas sinus revolt, b/c my sinuses are acting up again. I'm all tired and feverish, and I've got icky drainage yet again. Don't really have time to be sick, but if I have to be, I'm glad it's during my reading week so I won't have to deal with deadlines on top of feeling bad. At least I can sleep in if I want, which I've done almost every day this week.