No One’s Home.
Technically, that's not true, TheBoy is at home. I am currently in Tacoma, Washington about to get ready for the day and head on to Whidbey Island, Washington. We drove up Thursday, had dinner in Seattle on Thursday night. Then we spent yesterday at the library. Note to everyone: the Tacoma Public Library is full of people who talk/sing to themselves for hours. Oy. I found a lot of good article relating to my thesis, so I feel good.
Yesterday afternoon involved a trip to the Museum of Glass. It was really neat, we sat in the hot shop for awhile watching the artist in residence [Angelo Filomeno] direct the hot shop crew in making pieces for a life-sized black glass skeleton. With horns, of course. There were some amazing pieces of his in one of the galleries, my favorite was this embroidered moth with diamonds and other sparkly bits on white silk, and the wings were skulls...It was amazing. Breathtaking even.
There were also these neat taxidermied peacocks hanging upside down by their feet, with streamers of red beads flowing downward from their beak. Then, there was a glass "puddle" complete with little glass blood droplets and a mosquito underneath. It sounds gross but was really beautiful.
We also went look for books on the history of Tacoma [no luck there] and visited Union Station, so the fabulous Kristi could see the inside. Then we had dinner in Kent with TheFabK's childhood neighbors. Great food, great conversation. It was a lot of fun.
The only think that I hate about traveling is that I have trouble sleeping in a strange bed. So, I haven't slept well in the past two nights. I wake up a lot and just generally can't get to sleep to a point where I'm actually getting rested. I'll be home in my own bed tomorrow night and things will be much better.
Busy Busy.
Hell of a busy week. Last week and at least the first half of this one will continue to be. I have a final to turn in tomorrow [done] and a final to turn in on Wednesday [not done] as well as a presentation on Tuesday [also not done.] I also have extra credit to submit tomorrow [although I already emailed it to the professor because she never told us how to submit it, just said to check the syllabus which didn't say anything other than the time it was due.] Last week I got my thesis proposal approved, next week I get to fill out human subjects compliance forms. Whee! Then the fabulous Kristi and I are going to take a joint research trip to Whidbey Island/Tacoma. I'm going to help her measure the building that she's writing an historic structures report about and we're both going to visit some archives in Tacoma. Hopefully I'll get everything I need this time around.
Everyone was really positive about my thesis topic, I never realized that it might be interesting to people other than myself. It was suggested that I might be able to find an outlet for publication when done, which boggles my mind. It'd be a great resume item, that's for sure, especially as the outlet for publication would be the agency that I most want to work for in the whole wide world. So, let's keep our fingers crossed.
My arm issues are still lingering, I think that I did some internal bruising that is slow to heal. It's really frustrating, I can't spin and have a hard time knitting with the aching in my arm. If it keeps up for too much longer I'm going to have it looked at, although I hestitate since I don't think there's really anything that can be done about it. Whee, I guess.
Academic Happy Dance!
I have a thesis committee, I have a thesis committee! Now I just have to put together a presentation of my proposal and get it approved and I'm good to go to start writing. Whee!!!
Thesis Makes my Brain Hurt.
And I've got six more months to go. Lord have mercy on TheBoy, he'll be living with a madwoman soon.