Wake me up when September ends....shoot.

I could have been productive this weekend, and yet, I wasn't. Procrastination may be the death of me if it continues at this level for much longer.

Today is the last day of September. Thinking back to my MSc which started in September of 2010, the first month was also kind of a write-off. And it seems like that for a lot of people. It takes a long time to get into the swing of things, for everything to start up and run smoothly. So I figured, I would take today to make some goals for October. Maybe if I set goals and make them public... at least to my two main readers (grandparents and Colleen, haha) I will remain accountable. We'll see.

Goals for October:

1) Choose an examination committee. Any graduate student in the department has a team of professors who help them throughout their degree and are ultimately their examiners in the end. I have some ideas floating around in my head but need to make a concrete decision, and soon! My first committee meeting is probably going to be early December and my comprehensive exam in February...cue panic.

2) Finish my field work. I am hoping, before the end of the month to be done with it! Especially since it may actually snow this winter. I will miss going out there, but by the end of the month the leaves will be off of the trees and the fall beauty lost. November is never a nice month to be out in the field.

3) Get to KHS once a week. I went through about a ten day period without going to the Humane Society, and I felt really bad about it. I LOVE going there. I went yesterday with my friend Kari and had a great time. We walked a cute hound dog named Karla and played ball with her in the play pen. Then cuddled some very cute cats in the cat rooms. It was so much fun, I need to make sure I get out there at least once a week.  It will be tough with my schedule but I will do my best! What goes along with this is spending more time with my little sister! Like I said in previous posts, we have both been super busy but I hope a movie or something is in the future soon :)

4) Get one of my papers I am writing ready to go. I want to say the competitive ability one, but that is a stretch for sure. Just any one of them...needs to be done.

I am sure there are many other goals that I could and should make, but I think what I have is over-ambitious as it is.

Happy October!

Some photos from this weekend:

Karla

Jazzy