Author: Tracy

Here’s one of my pseudo-weekly blog entries again.

Not a lot of new exciting things to blog about though. My thesis is going ok. I finally classified the images and now have results. Now I “just” have to write down the results (I’m not good with the words – I’d rather just post 1000² pictures 😯 ) and perform the accuracy assessment. After I’ve completed that, I’ll apply myself to writing the summary and further implementation as well as the introduction and the abstract. I hope my proof-readers won’t find too many misleading paragraphs or errors  :nervous:

I’ve talked to my professor and asked for an extension, which he approved on. I’m happy! I do want to get done ASAP (my actual due date is January 23rd – 4 days after my birthday), but it’s just calming to know I have a few extra week(s) to complete my work.

Well, something exciting did happen. I have a job! I’ve applied for it in the summer, the company I’m writing the thesis for was looking for a new employee in the GIS software developement department. I applied, told them my experience (very little php, very little Visual Basic, HTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop) yet I also told them I’d be very interested in learning Java, Php, ASP… and a week later they said “We’d like you in our team” 😀 I was thrilled of course.

So, a few weeks ago two departments of the company and I sat together and talked about my application areas. And… I’ll work for two departments 🙂 Once for the GIS software development department as a webdesigner AND for the RADAR/SAR image processing department. I’m very excited and happy! The contract is printed, I’ll start February 1st, no matter if my thesis is done or not.
I actually wanted to start January 1st, BUT… if I would, I think my body and soul would EXPLODE!

It’s all very very awesome and I’m quite lucky! I want to start working! On the other side, I can’t wait to take a few days off. I’ll maybe take vacation in March (when I’m moving) or April (easter). I haven’t had vacation in years!

My Christmas presents are all bought and wrapped. I have this habit on getting the pressies very early in November. Less stress! I’ll put my brain in “creative mode” and think what for presents I can get. My parents get my contract of employment, my nephew some “CARS” stuff, my niece (the lover’s niece actually) gets a Hello Kitty purse (Hello Kitty is perverted expensive here in Germany, I almost shit my pants!) and something from Diddl. The Lover gets something too any my sisters as well. I’m not going to write what though, you never know who’s reading your blog 😉 I love packing, so all the wrapped presents are lying in front of my Christmas tree (aka my plant).

This month was the first month I spent money on myself as well. My Christmas presents for me are a Wall-E pencil case (which I don’t need, but sooo cute!), a cute planner and little purse from Etsy, a cute purple cardigan from H&M, a lovely scarf from Esprit and a pullover of my favorite band “Die Ärzte”. Oh, and I ordered some tummy-away-panties, too, because, I mean, why work on getting a flat tummy when you can just press the fat away :omg: Also if the things you buy don’t really make you happy for long, I’m very happy with my purchases because they’re all great. I haven’t bought anything for me in soo long, I almost have a guilty conscience that I bought so much… almost.

Tomorrow I have a training in DBMS and after that there’s a XMAS party at uni where I’ll have beer 🙂 Next week (Dec 18th and 19th) I have a few doctor’s appointments (you know, the docs you go to once or twice a year… dentist, gynecologist, orthodontist…) and the XMAS party of work.

The month of December will turn into a stressy one – but I’m happy and that’s what counts :winknudge:

How’s your December?

Yes, the above two words popped into my head when I thought about which title to use.
I am so tired, my eyes hurt. Sitting in front of the PC from 8am to 23:41 really isn’t good. Especially not when you’ve been doing that for weeks and will keep doing that for two more months! That’s when I have to hand in my thesis – two months from now. January 23rd, 2009. That date seems so close!

So far I have 112 pages and still no results. I’m happy to say though, that following parts are completed: theory of SAR/Radar (ok, does someone know why my WP plugin for acronyms doesn’t work? By chance?), description of the test area and data, data pre-processing and the visual interpretation.

Oh man, I’m so happy when it’s over! Due to me having most of the software I need at home, I write and analyze at home. So, I get up, drink my coffee and browse the net. By 9:00am I’m starting on my thesis and will work on it until the evening or night, till about 22:00. I’ll make breaks in between, for sure, but I pretty much don’t leave my apartment.
Two days ago the Lover and I went for a walk at night; not long, 45 minutes maybe. I still have a very unpleasant pain in my right thigh from, you know, all the moving.

I haven’t been jogging or to the gym in weeks months! Two months for sure! I pay €40 a month for the gym and I feel like I don’t have the time to go! Boo!

My eyes hurt on a daily basis but today, eventually, I turned down the brightness and contrast of my monitor! Feels much (sort of – a little actually) better now.

So, I’m going to go to bed now. I just wanted to keep you updated. Posting a video and lyrics can’t always be a solution 😉