Unproductive

This week, I easily had more than 12-hour working day and yet it feels doesn't mean I got a lot of things done. Among the non-productive activities, and by non-productive I mean interfering with paper writing, I was involved with:

• Assisting with safety inspection
  
• Baby-sitting the new student
• Cleaning my part of the lab, doing unnecessary calibration
• Going across campus to buy some type of protective wear
• Dealing with students who wanted a regrading of their report
• Making poster presentation for the research in preparation for a visit from a company representative
• Picking up packages for the lab
• Researching and buying (paperwork and stuff) for lab equipment

No room for breathing. No time for anything else. No wonder I'm still a ...

On the other hand, I got to talk (for 30 minutes) with the company representative who asked for a copy of my resume. A knowledgeable person, yet still humble, and assertive.