For the past few days (and all of break really) I've been trying to read more - absorbing all of the "non-assigned" reading I can do before classes start back up on the 16th. Over break I read "Out of Their Minds," a book about several computer scientists and their discoveries. On Monday morning, I read the first 3 people of "the five people you meet in heaven". Monday evening I read the remainder of "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" by Feynman. And today, Tuesday, I read (more of) the beginning of "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. And I'm completely hooked - it's been giving me some serious ideas for my dissertation.
I've been working on finishing up a number of papers and chapters recently. A couple with people in Louisville, a couple with people at Yale, and then two here in Houston. Fortunately I didn't have much else to do over break besides work on those! First thing on the agenda for this week is switching my parking... Sure, I'll be parking further out because I have to accept that $175 a month is a bit too much for me. Which would have been a big deal last semester when I had classes that met in the middle of the day. But this coming semester my course schedule is much more friendly. Fortunately the kind people in parking seem to understand this and will let me park in the close garage in the evenings (past 6) and on weekends. The rest of the time I'll take the shuttle.
It's good to be back in Houston. Don't get me wrong, I missed people in Louisville and really liked being home. But it's nice to see my friends here again, go eat at those eclectic restaurants and be in weather that's a bit warmer! New Years was really good times, the celebration pics will show up at some point. And wow do I have a lot of Christmas cookies to eat! I'll have to enlist help.
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