I wandered into my bedroom one afternoon and found several strings of dinosaurs exploring my bedroom.  Life is full of surprises when you live with a small boy.

Somehow, it’s already the middle of the week.  Honestly, I’ll be glad when this one is over, as there’s been a lot of unnecessary drama at work. I’m not going to write much about it, as that’s just not okay – there’s no need to tell stories about this – but suffice it to say that it’s tiresome, and not good for morale, when there are major personality conflicts and when people try to take advantage of the kindness of others.  Let’s just say that stress levels are high, tempers are short, and patience is low.

Shortly, I’m going to finish my coffee and leave my computer for a run. (Where run is defined loosely as a combination of running/walking, as I’m still horrifically out of shape. Working on it.)  It’s already almost 80 outside (26 C to you, Bells) and the sun has been up for not quite an hour. The next 2 months are the hardest part of summer for me – I really have to fight the urge to hide inside until things cool off.  On the plus side, I’m off on vacation shortly, after which I only have a little more time with summer interns, and my work schedule becomes more my own again – or at least more devoted solely to research and frantically trying to collect data for a manuscript that needs to be submitted this year. Seems like time keeps going faster and faster these days.

My payment for teaching services this summer is likely an iPad. I’m excited about this as I am hoping it will not only be useful for reading and annotating pdfs I need for work, but that I can use it for writing and blogging on the go. Part of me would really like to do NaNoWriMo, but if I am writing a manuscript, that may just not happen.

Anyhow, hopefully I’ll soon have 2 sweater fronts to show for my efforts, and I’ll cast on for some sleeves for Julie’s KAL in the near future. I still have to wind that yarn.

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