Getting back on track... will get there!!!

So much for time management... Well the one thing I learned that is really important is that it is not time management as "time just happens" -- there is no way to manage it,  there is however "self management" what we do with ourselves :-).   The time management went out the window as my cough turned into a serious illness (which is now under control).  I did meet with the consultant in IASC and she said I did do well with "self management" in that one needs to realize when you have a reduced capacity, "selection and deciding whats most important overall" is important to managing whats on your plate.  Also frequent reassessment and rearranging things are key.

We had a great visit with the ITS Lab and still have yet to conduct our experiments, we are ready to go but at the time we were going to do them the publishing site (cutting edge research) that we were going to use had problems.  Guess thats one of the risks you take when working with something so new that all the kinks haven't been worked out.  But its also key to hitting a window for your own research.  

As result of my illness, graduation has definitely been postponed to fall.  Things are going well now however, I have a six month coop job at IBM that I'm working at now -- its not the type of job I want long term but its a start. I did very well with interviewing, I was finalist in the IBM Extreme Blue Program (which is a big thing) and almost had an opportunity to work at IBM Watson Research Center as well [they had their funding cut last minute for the project they were going to hire me for but now I have a contact there :-) ]

My thesis work has not progressed too much as last term I got
a new project off the ground with lots of possibilities for other MS students from which to do a MS thesis.  I'm currently in the Math Dept for MS and when I finish with CS, I will continue boosting my math background as well as doing more research work with my advisor.  

I made it to Cannon Beach this weekend.  Haven't had a vacation in a while and have not been to the beach since I went last year to Seaside with Robert Bauer.  It is so relaxing, the smell of the ocean, the wind blowing across your face and the warmth of the sand and the sun is so wonderful.