Motivational Pumpkins Now that I'm done with my oral exam, I have been having a bit of a hard time finding motivation this week. Monday I did fine, taking a couple of hours worth of data, then beginning the analysis. Yesterday was not so good. Today is off to a slow start, but I have at least worked out a time for lab cleanup this week. Part of the issue is that I have to do this data analysis that sucks donkey balls. I really just don't enjoy working in Excel, scaling data and copying and pasting it and graphing it. It is just boring. And my boss says that if I do all of this I will start to see trends that will make sense, and then I can start to write my first paper. But, I have done that a little bit, and I don't see much correlation. I don't yet see why I get good results sometimes and not so good results other times. Playing into that is my fear that even if I do all of it, I still won't see any trends, or any trends that I do see are not real due to experimental error. So I toss my hands up and avoid it all, which is always my approach, and always wrong. It doesn't get me anywhere! Yesterday I was hankering after some cookies or pastries, or something good like that. When I got home from work I made pumpkin muffins with Andreas and Lisetta. I love baked goods with pumpkin! This particular recipe wasn't all that great. I have another one that makes fantastic muffins, but I didn't have all the ingredients for that one. Even though they weren't that great, all 12 are gone already. They weren't that bad! My kids love to help in the kitchen, especially when it comes to baking. Lisetta has been sick, and she said that she was going to be all better because of these special muffins we were making. It was very sweet. Poop update: Andreas has now only pooped in his diaper twice in the last three weeks! The rest of the time it's been in the toilet. Woohoo! The only issue I see now is that he really likes his diapers, and gets upset if you put him in underwear or nothing. Maybe this is because he doesn't feel confident enough to stay dry. |