I realized last night that I've disappeared for a week without explanation. Not that there would be any reason for worry, and not that any of you reader would. (That's a little self-deprecating...there are at least 20 people clicking over here daily. But still, in my mind, Nora stops by regularly, and I check over a few times, and even though I know the statistics, I am amazed that people stop by. Hey! Thanks for stopping by!)
I've been at home since last Tuesday, first getting ready for my parents' visit, then hanging out with them, then cleaning up. And surviving the heat by hole-ing up in the basement with a pile of yarn and bad television. Progress? Oh yeah. Loads. Photos forthcoming, when I get back to work tomorrow.
I've got 2 papers to revise/write in 2 weeks. This means that you will get to see me have not one but TWO mathematical meltdowns in which my emotions go from "this isn't that bad" to "my work is total crap" to "nobody is going to read this" (which is mostly true, given that there are about 10 people worldwide who care about what I've done) to "OK. it's gone and there's nothing I can do about it" to my personal favorite, "I am a total fraud and they're going to come and get my Ph.D. and burn it." I should be a raving lunatic by day 10, which gives me 4 days to straighten up before I go to the Bay Area for a conference. Oh, and write my talk for that conference.
But the days off, in the heat, were a lot of fun. It was nice to stay away from school for a few days. It was fun to hang with my mom and dad, and it was rewarding to get back on track on Friday when I finally went back to the gym for a hard workout. I am a creature of habit.
So, if you've been checking in, I'm back.
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3 comments:
I read too, Stephanie :)
Glad to see you're back. And I know what you mean about worrying no one will read your papers. I feel that way too. There are *so* many physics journals that unless you get a cover on Nature or something, it just sort of fades away ;)
And some of us read through RSS readers, so our stats don't show up unless we click over to comment.
Duh-duh-dun.
What Mer said - you likely have more than 20 readers, but those of us committed to you (and who are geeky in a bloggy way) have you on our blogreader so we know IMMEDIATELY when there is something new.
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