remodeling…life

It hasn’t been a good week. Though I did get some key care packages and letters that have made all the difference (thank you Mom and Erin!). I’ve been sick for the last five days and I don’t know what it is–no surprise. I was just remonstrated in a very nice way for the last two days about my lack of organization and focus by my professor where we completely revamped my research (more soon). Yesterday consisted of: her showing me how to completely reorganize my research–something I should have been able to do after four years talking about this stuff; having my translator call wondering where I was, again, after telling him, again, that I didn’t have anything for him to do yesterday; hearing the memorable themes from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sound of Music and Chariots of Fire causally on the radio ( :) ); and finally having the sickness up the ante while in the solace of a coffee shop, and then passing the afternoon staring out the window, into the poring rain, in complete dry, comfortable, misery.

Last night was not an improvement: being sick, not being able to sleep, and trying to make good use of the waking hours by working. I can’t say that it won’t be over soon and I have no escape from these trials. These things I count objectively overall, as a gain; subjectively right now, as a pain in the neck.

the elixir of life