winding down

I didn't realise how much this research thing was stressing me out until I finally sort of finished it in the wee hours of the morning and lost sleep over whether Prints will get pissed with the 400-plus suggested edits I gave for her paper.

Fortunately when I went down to her office this afternoon she seemed quite alright with it and when I left I discovered I was feeling much much better. Relief is an awesome physical sensation.

I think I was stressed over the whole interrogation thing because she asked me to explain all the suggested edits, but some things feel like they can't really be explained - it's all about the flow! And because apparently in Korean the verbs are left to the end of the sentence, she wrote almost everything in passive voice which is rather tiring to read, much less edit, and then explain.

And today I discovered that she's paying me out of her own pocket, and not the university, because she didn't apply for a research grant, and for some strange reason I'm feeling guilty. I mean, this is the kind of thing I normally do for group projects. To be paid to do it feels wrong.

Anyway I'll be off in HongKong from 19th to 22nd May, hopefully by physically removing myself out of the country I'll finally manage to get some peace and quiet and alone time. Woo hoo.