3 weeks to go

it's almost time for me to go home for the summer as far off as this date has seemed since i got back in january. i am diligently trying to get all my work tied up and in the best possible position for me to leave for 3 months. ideally, i would love to get my data collection started and let that be running while i am gone. it would beat having to wait three months for the data when i return. we'll see. it is still possible for things to work out like i want them to. i have started writing my first-year report finally. it coming along slowly, but i am reading some material now that should make my paper much stronger than i thought i would be able to make it at first.