Thesis Progress and Hot Lunches

I realize that I have been sparing you updates on my thesis progress lately. Well, I haven't just been going in to Toronto and reading fortune cookies--but those topics are far more interesting to write about.

Last week was a pretty productive week, thesis-wise. I slammed out the Experimental Procedure/Setup chapter. Admittedly, I have written at least of parts of it for several papers and reports, but that's pretty true for most of my thesis. But this week, I feel like I'm somewhat hitting a wall--writing up results and data analysis. Like I said, I've done this before, but it's really not progressing very quickly. I have organized the chapter and have laid out the structure that I'll be fitting everything into. But I find myself spending interminable amounts of time rechecking data, tweaking graphs, or other lower-priority items, instead of bucking down and cranking out pages.

However, I don't really have much right to complain. In any objective sense, my life is pretty idyllic right now--I don't have too many research obligations outside of thesis, I work from home, and I can make myself a nice hot lunch, such as katsudon (Japanese pork chop leftovers cooked up over rice--a really nice comfort food that reminds me of mom's cooking).


Actually, it makes me worry that unlike most thesing students, who feed themselves exceptionally poorly, I take every opportunity to cook nice dinners as a creative outlet (tomorrow night's plan is red lentils with cumin seed, saag paneer, and probably a frozen chapati). It makes me think I'm burning too much time cooking and then cleaning up.

Argh. Sleep now, maybe productivity will strike tomorrow.