Day XXI: Hurry Up and Wait

This morning was a flurry of activity in the VP Lab. We compiled our data, reviewed our notes, and edited the poster and PowerPoint to within an inch of their lives. Then, when we sent the poster off to Joe, it turned out that there were some serious errors with some of the images. For whatever reason, several of the images refused to display themselves. So, as we were rushing to get our PowerPoint updated with or results and conclusions, we also were trying to fix the poster.

The reason we were in such a hurry was that the Girl Scouts were coming in today for a Career Fair-type activity...ITT showed up, Optimax was there, a whole bunch of other optics and imaging companies. Our labs were also open for touring, and that meant giving our presentation, so we had to get it ready. In the end, though...they never showed up. There were maybe ten Girl Scouts in the entire building, and they never came upstairs. We were waiting on tenterhooks from 1:00 onwards, but in the end we spent the last four hours of the day doing just about nothing.

It was a good day though, because the deadline made us finish our work a heck of a lot faster. Now we might get the chance to play Wii all day Wednesday instead of only a little bit. That is assuming we don't give another practice talk, of course.....