Still trying to get this dissertation written, my final thesis committee meeting is in two weeks and I'm so excited. I can finally start planning what I need to get done, where I'll go from here. I plan to officially leave at the end of September, so I have little under a year to get my (academic/professional) life in order.

My mentee (Master's student) is driving me crazy, my PI has dropped the ball considerably. This is his student not mine, I'm not a PI and all the things he should be doing to make sure all this kid's requirements are fulfilled is being left up to me. I knew he would do this and this was the primary reason I was against taking on this responsibility. But since he made me look like I was a horrible person for not wanting to do this in front of my committee, I decided to do it.

I intend to get a chapter or two done before the winter break so PI can read and I can work on something else.