What I'm doing with myself
So it's true, I'm not working this week. You might wonder how I'm going to spend my time. I'll tell you.

Monday I worked all day at the lab, since I usually work a day there every week.

Tuesday (today) I don't have anything scheduled for the morning, but I did 3 loads of laundry over the weekend and now they are all put away in my dresser, so my bed is clear. Doing a little catching up on email, too, and finally listening to the soundtrack of Billy Elliot, The Musical (thanks BG!). Then

• Having a networking lunch with my ex-supervisor who's very supportive.
• Maybe going to a Career Fair. I really don't want to.
• Meeting a former professor to talk about direction, job leads, letter of rec for grad school, that kind of thing.
• Meeting the parents of a prospective tutee, and giving a demo tutoring session. They said she needs help with stoichiometry and getting from word problems to the appropriate formulas. That's stuff I know! I looked up some stoich problems online yesterday to refresh myself, and I have a good feeling. This is the part of chemistry that I got very good at.

Wednesday is similar:

• Career Fair continues, so maybe I'll go then.
• Meeting another former professor for the same reasons.
• Dropping in to see my undergrad advisor for similar reasons.
• Having an interview at a place I probably don't qualify to work at, and might not want the job, but would want to get to know more about the place and maybe volunteer there for experience and networking.

Thursday and Friday I'm probably going to take my bike in for a tune-up so I can start riding it places (because bus fare is obscene these days and I need the exercise) and hopefully meeting with my new part-time employer (we don't have a date yet, but he said "maybe later in the week"). Friday morning I might treat myself and go down the Downtown Oakland Farmer's Market. I've only been once, but it looked like a blast. The only problem is the persons I'd most like to go with are probably working at that time.

Throughout the week I'll also be trying to work out a couple times, finish this book about statistics, and read online about SPM and MATLAB (AND I found an "fMRI for Dummies" website that should be helpful). Also I'll be contacting people to schedule interviews for next week or down the line in the future.

Whew! Thank goodness for my new Franklin Covey planner sheets so I can keep track of it all.

- posted by k @ 11:09 AM