can i make it?

i'm not really a pessimistic person but listening to the presentations tonight and the questions asked, it feels like the next few chapters of the paper is going to be a bigger challenge than i was expecting. i think i need to step back and look at how things or each framework all tie together. the questions thrown to the presenters seem brutal, condescending and sarcastic but they serve their purpose. the presenters are our sacrificial lambs - the class in a way owes the learnings tonight to them. the bad thing about knowing the pitfalls and the errors of how we are writing our paper is that it tells us we have A LOT of things to pay attention to. one miss can potentially open up to a lot of questions.

i am so thankful to malou for providing me resources - what she provided is a great reference and maybe my saving grace. so malou, i know we've only known each other for a short time but thank you so much for helping out. i am super grateful.

honestly, i am starting to feel the pressure of writing the next chapters. i need to ask my manager to take the rest of the week of. if i can't focus on just writing this paper full-time, i will not be able to make it. i'm crossing my fingers.