The big­gest event during this period of time is grant appli­ca­tion. As a qua­li­fied mem­ber of Ping lab, you have to unders­tand the “Ping lan­guage” at this par­ti­cu­lar moment. “Whe­ne­ver you are ready”=“Move your butt here right now”. “It is so tiring”=“You need to inc­rease alert level”. “Stay cool”=“You had too much cof­fee”. “I will do this”=“You have mes­sed up”. “It is almost done”=“We would need seve­ral more hours and don’t lose your nerve”. By the way, just ignore sen­tense like “Alright”, “OK”, “Almost there”.