T2B66

Ughhh. I have so much Science Fair to do. Amy and I were going to finish our testing first week back, but I wasn't at school at all and I was soooo sick. This week was Eval Week, so it was kind of hectic. Last week I'd just gotten back and I had so much catch-up work to do, so that was kind of busy for me. We wanted to collect some samples on Friday, but we realized (too late) that I had a piano lesson and Amy couldn't take it home. Now, we're going to finish up our research this weekend, and then finish testing next week and type up all of our documents. We are (hopefully) going to meet up sometime next week to finish our backboard. I feel kind of bad that we're rushing a little, but honestly, my pneumonia was so unexpected and it set us back so much. :'( I'm glad we have a plan of action, though. Last year I had like no schedule, and I didn't have these little goals, which were first proposed by Amy. I learned a lot working with Amy for this Science Fair project, and I'm really glad we're working hard on it. I think I'll use this strategy, (like the task goals, where in a big project you set goals/deadlines for all the different parts of it) the next time I have a project, because I've never tried this before but so far I think it's working. (Well, I hope it'll work, because it got kind of screwed up by me being sick, but I'm fairly confident it'll work. Amy and I had actually set up a meeting, but I was so sick that day I couldn't make it. If, in theory, I'd never gotten sick, I could have made the meeting and we'd be well on our way by now.)

One thing that's a bit difficult about working with a partner on a really in-depth project like Science Fair, is that scheduling is sometimes really hard. We both have busy schedules, so trying to find times that we're both free is sometimes a tedious job. We only see each other 5 days a week, and usually I have so many committments that I'm running around at lunchtime, before school, after school... it sometimes is a challenge for me to find time outside of class, at school, that we can do things like collect samples for.

It's okay, though. I think we'll do fine. Having a partner is really helpful, because working together and on separate tasks really speeds up the process. Plus, two brains are better than one. ;) I'm going to go work on Science Fair research now. :D