I've had a bit of pressure over the last week. On Monday, my supervisor told me that he would probably not give me an extension. That means, the extra half a year that I had planned on having no longer exists. I have less than 4 months left to run all my analyses and have everything up to manuscript/publishable level. So for a little while, I will be working insanely hard. 

On Tuesday I received a call. Something was wrong with my data. I was going to cry. Not only have my deadlines been pushed up but I would have to redo many things again. And due to these compounding stressors I have found that I've been less gracious to those around me. I have been like a loom black cloud. But I knew it would be ok. As long as I try my best, my God will not let me fall. If he leads me here, he will lead me through my troubles. So I walked into the meeting on Wednesday full of hope. Despite the bad news, I was hopefully that this was going to make the project better. 

And Hope does not disappoint us!!! Last night, I hit the "run" button in my statistics program. And it was significant! Well, the results aren't all that exciting, but the fact that my syntax ran without a glitch and there was some kind of conclusion was exciting. I have worked sooo hard this week, waking up before the sun rises and working long past the sun setting. I have forgone my marathon training/ swimming and other cross-training and focused on this work. And it's done.