post-quals

I spent too much time and energy during the quals process feeling incredibly bad about myself and about my ability to be a good grad student and scientist, but I've lost a lot of those feelings for the moment. I'm sure they're lurking somewhere, just waiting to come out when I have to prepare for my first thesis committee meeting or present at lab meeting or give a data blitz at Granlibakken, but at least they're not swimming around my head all the time anymore. What's funny is that now I actually am acting like a bad grad student and scientist. I haven't done anything since quals ended. I suppose I'll consider this to be a much needed break. The vacation ends today though. Back to life. Back to reality. Back to work. Back to science!