unexpected changes in plans lead to a pleasant, but not productive, day

When I went to sleep last night it was with every intention of fist sleeping in (I was up till 02:30), and then spending today day working on uni work. However, we were woken up about 10:30 by a phone call from some friends visiting from Adelaide wanting to meet up with us. They were spending the morning at Salamanca Market, so we agreed to get ready and meet them in that area when they were done shopping. We'd been putting off a trip into town to run some errands, so thought we may as well do that whilst we were in town. And then my computer successfully connected to the internet from the bedroom (a minor miracle), revealing an invitation to a BBQ hosted by some of my fellow geology grad students at 3pm. So we met up with the friends and enjoyed an ice cream, then did our shopping, and then enjoyed the afternoon with the geology crowd & plenty of yummy and (other than the corn chips) all very healthy food (roasted garlic from their garden, yum!). When we got home I put things away, did a few useful chores (like recording how much we'd spent) and then played with my hammer dulcimer for the first time this year. I now have two tunes largely memorized, and can usually hit the note I'm intending to hit. However, the clock says that it is now after midnight, despite it feeling like it should still be *much* earlier in the day, and I've not done any uni work yet. A fun day, but not productive. I guess that tomorrow I can't check e-mail till after I've read over chapter five and am certain that it is ready to send to my advisor (but then I'll have to check, so that I can send it!).

unexpected changes in plans lead to a pleasant, but not productive, day

When I went to sleep last night it was with every intention of fist sleeping in (I was up till 02:30), and then spending today day working on uni work. However, we were woken up about 10:30 by a phone call from some friends visiting from Adelaide wanting to meet up with us. They were spending the morning at Salamanca Market, so we agreed to get ready and meet them in that area when they were done shopping. We'd been putting off a trip into town to run some errands, so thought we may as well do that whilst we were in town. And then my computer successfully connected to the internet from the bedroom (a minor miracle), revealing an invitation to a BBQ hosted by some of my fellow geology grad students at 3pm. So we met up with the friends and enjoyed an ice cream, then did our shopping, and then enjoyed the afternoon with the geology crowd & plenty of yummy and (other than the corn chips) all very healthy food (roasted garlic from their garden, yum!). When we got home I put things away, did a few useful chores (like recording how much we'd spent) and then played with my hammer dulcimer for the first time this year. I now have two tunes largely memorized, and can usually hit the note I'm intending to hit. However, the clock says that it is now after midnight, despite it feeling like it should still be *much* earlier in the day, and I've not done any uni work yet. A fun day, but not productive. I guess that tomorrow I can't check e-mail till after I've read over chapter five and am certain that it is ready to send to my advisor (but then I'll have to check, so that I can send it!).

quick progress report

Today I accomplished more than five hours of uni work, slightly more than that of "useful tasks", and over two hours of exercise. Pretty much no e-mail, since I didn't let myself check mail till this evening, due to having taken yesterday off. 529 new words and a dozen new figures.

quick progress report

Today I accomplished more than five hours of uni work, slightly more than that of "useful tasks", and over two hours of exercise. Pretty much no e-mail, since I didn't let myself check mail till this evening, due to having taken yesterday off. 529 new words and a dozen new figures.