I must have driven 500 miles this past weekend. Up to Jax to see Amy and pick up a desk she was giving me. We did not get to spend much time together. The time we did get to spend was awkward at first but it turned out well. Its still upsetting to see her and know that we aren't together right now, I am still hoping that will change. Things are getting much better between us, so I am still hoping. She has told me I still have a reason to hope. I spent some time with my sisters while I was in Jax as well. I love them to death. Drove down to T-ville with Melanie on Sunday to spend time with the 'rents for Father's day. I ended sleeping almost the entire day because I had developed a fever Saturday night that had not lifted by the morning. I did manage to spend some time Sunday night typing up notes for my speech that I had to give the next morning and its a damn good thing I did because I never would have survived my presentation without them. I was on complete auto-pilot by the time I got to school on Monday. I couldn't remember any of the intros to my power-point slides, let alone the discussions that I had planned for each. So I did survive the dreaded presentation. I would have liked to have had more time to prep for it, but it ended up turning out pretty well anyway... It ended up lasting about an hour between the actual content and the (torture) Q & A session. Dr. N's major comments afterwards were that he would have liked to see me more "refreshed", that I should not have left all of the prep until the last minute, and that I should not use notes the next time I give a talk. All valid points, just not points that I really wanted to hear at that moment in time. I was so spent by the end of my presentation, that I left the lab by lunchtime and went home to sleep the rest of the afternoon away. I feel much better today as a result of all of that rest. I had a productive day in the lab today. We are still not getting the results that we need for one of my projects. I am hoping that the samples that we make tomorrow will be an improvement on the work have done so far. We've hit a wall with the research and we aren't sure which direction to take now so we're just trying new things to see what works. Hopefully something will work this week. We need to start seeing some real results soon. The grants for the lab depend on results. Oh well, I am off to read Harry Potter now, I don't want to think about the lab anymore tonight...