Yesterday was the day our Darpa grant proposal had to be submitted (if we were going to meet the 10 a.m. submission March 1st and not work on the Sabbath). [Thanks to Cherri, Cherri's friend, Kim, Gary and Steve for supplying support letters - or at least attempting to.] It was an incredible day that began at 3 a.m. when I couldn't get back to sleep and started answering email about our joint submission. Luckily, I did go back to sleep after that. Four of us have been working on this for a month. It's a seven million dollar grant - and likely has about that many people vying for it.
I decided to actually go in to work as things are just easier there. It was a crazy time with everyone trying to share the same documents simultaneously, reread what was wanted to make sure we were on-track, adjust all the documents if we decided something should be added, approve each others' submissions, gain a few new skills (combining pdfs and adding page numbers to pdfs). One other faculty member was in his office. Two others worked remotely. One was with his extended family ninety miles away - but just kept working. Here are my personal records set:
1. Longest continuous time spend in my office (14 hours)
2. Most number of emails sent/received in a single day (I didn't count - but WAY too many)
3. Last car in the Old Main parking lot (I have never had that happen - usually at least someone has left their car while away on business)
4. Longest time on a single task with no interruptions (longer than a minute)
I am SO GLAD for the Sabbath. I totally need a break.
3 comments:
Wow Mom! That is a way long day. When do you find out about the grant?
Did you ever get my fax? I asked for an email to know it really went through. I saw Diane Parker's letter, did it make it through? Congrats for surviving the "longest day" marathon. Hope you get it, it looked interesting.
Wow! You definitely deserved a break today! I hope you get the grant.
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