So, literally, the past two days are a blur to me, as my life has been completely thrown by transcribing. To recapture the hazy memories, this blog is a recapturing of the last 48 hours:
Monday:
8:00 AM: Get to school, excited to spend perhaps a couple of hours transcribing and then continue on to the million and one things I have to also do.
9:25 AM: Class time rolls around and some hesitation is starting to creep into my mind, as I've only transcribed 5 minutes of my interview during the past hour.
11:00 AM: Back in the writing lab, more hesitation, as I look at my watch and see that it is almost noon and I had only done 10 minutes of the interview!
12: 05 PM: Considered skipping class to keep transcribing, but figured it was probably only because I was typing slowly that it had taken so long. I resolved to speed it up, get to class and hurry back.
2:00 PM: Started typing away (faster) and reach the 20 minute mark in my interview. It was at this point that my hand started cramping, I reached 6 pages and I began to think, damn, why did I interview for an hour?
3: 25 PM: Brief water and restroom break (actually feel guilty about it). When I get back, had a little moaning session with fellow classmates and it helps to know I'm not alone.
6:00 PM: I close down the writing center, seeing as even the staff has left, and I had just finished my first interview transcription. Head over to the library to start my second interview. . .
7:15 PM: Call a friend and ask to borrow a laptop. Seriously, cannot take sitting in school anymore typing away my life.
8:00 PM: Get home, eat a bowl of soup and muster the nerve to start typing away.
Tuesday:
12:00 AM: Finish my second interview. In total, 3 hours and 6 pages. Shoot me now. Start the third interview transcribing.
2:00 AM: Finally give up, 3 pages in, and call it a night. Even if it is due in the morning, I would need at least 6 hours to even, perhaps, be close to finishing my last interviews.
8:35 AM: On the drive to school, edit the work from the night before in the car. Carpel tunnel syndrome begins to set it.
12:05 PM: Good news! Extension til 11:59 PM today to turn in interviews transcribed and coded. I begin to breathe . . .
1:00 PM: I then begin to stop breathing once again, as I start the third interview.
3:45 PM: Finish the third interview. Total 9 pages, about 4 hours transcribing.
It's now 4:03 PM and I have 7 hours 56 minutes to finish transcribing my last interview, and to code all four - actually five, as I had forgotten an email interview. As I deserve a much needed break, I'm heading to my weekly kickboxing class. Maybe I can punch and kick all my frustration out and finally finish this part of my project!
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