100% Geeky Girl
28
Mar
I’ve neglected this blog the past few months. Work has been crazy and interesting – I finally got a promotion to research assistant (and a raise!) and I’m project leader on an inpatient study that we’re running for NASA. On top of my usual study recruitment, data analysis, and general lab work. Also, planned and [...]
27
Oct
A friend of mine commented about starting her own personal blog on Twitter today, so I actually remembered to come over here and update my own. I’ve mostly just been working on lots of reports for NASA and the NSBRI (the biomedical research arm of NASA), with a lovely weekend at Podcamp Philly thrown in [...]
13
Sep
Almost 2 and a half months into my 101/1001 challenge! I’ve completed 7 challenges. The most recent one was not logging into Facebook for a week while we were on vacation in San Diego. I’ve read 10 books out of the 100 I’m shooting for goal #2. I’ve read: The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen (the [...]
26
Aug
Meme for Invisible Illness Week coming up in September. 30 Things About My Invisible Illnesses You May Not Know 1. The illnesses I live with are: fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, irritable bowel syndrome, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Addison’s disease, osteoporosis 2. I was diagnosed with them in the year: 2005 3. But I had symptoms since: 2000 4. [...]
4
Aug
Don’t worry, I am working tonight, like I do every Wednesday night. I just happen to have some time during the day shift today to pop out a blog post, and I have some 101/1001 progress to report! 2. Read 100 books I finished #4 last night – The Last Lecture. Short, cute, enjoyable. More [...]
29
Jul
Update on 101/1001 project Days: 29/1001 Tasks Completed: 2/101 Tasks in progress: 8/101 In progress: 2. Read 100 books Finished book #3, American Wife, which is based on Laura Bush, former First Lady. It’s fiction, but depending how much is based on truth, I can’t believe she married W. I’m currently on book #4, The [...]
23
Jul
Number 92 of 101/1001! 1. Getting married 2. Meeting Kevin 3. Graduating with my master’s degree 4. Getting Gracie (my friendly,fat, calico kitty) 5. Moving back to Philadelphia from New Jersey 6. Meeting my best friend’s newborn son 7. Attending Society for Neuroscience meeting 8. Graduating with my dual bachelor’s degrees 9. Being accepted to [...]
15
Jul
Day Zero list #66! 1. I graduated from a magnet, gifted, college-prep high school with above a 4.0 GPA. 2. I was a founding member of said high school’s robotics team. 3. I was the student leader of the robotics team for 2 years. 4. I was a mentor for the robotics team for a [...]
12
Jul
This weekend was a very homebody weekend for us. Lots of movies, video games, and reading (on my part). We watched Taken on Saturday night, and (500) Days of Summer last night. Taken was a very well done action movie (Kevin loves this movie and had been trying to get me to watch it for [...]
8
Jul
I haven’t completed any of my 101/1001 goals, but I’m working on several of them! For the read 100 books goal, I finished one book, and started on another. I finished reading The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British over the weekend. It was hilarious, very well-written, and enjoyable to read. I’m now [...]
