Miracles

Miracle of miracles, I'm actually doing pretty well on my paper. I fumbled around for a while, trying to assign references, because I foolishly wrote the background section without inserting them immediately. However, the introduction and background are written and reasonably polished, I have an experimental design, and all that's really left is to outline the proposal technicalities.

All of this within the parameters requested. No papers twice the length they ought to be, no bibliography covering half the research done in the last three years. No experiment aiming to solve the mind-body problem once and for all. Generally this project is least reminiscent of dubious past undertakings, which leaves me pretty hopeful. Of course I still need to run through the requirements again with a fine tooth comb, but that's why I scheduled everything with lots of padding.

Now I break for lunch. Eventually I'll have to muster the courage to check the grade from my third test. Sunday it's back to boring old cell biology.