I've been recovering from a nasty little cold with cough since before my thesis defense. This is the same cold that took my voice a couple of days before the defense. That little tidbit definitely calmed my nerves. I needed something else to think about that week - I had found a major error in my data a week out from the defense, my parents anniverary was imminent, and I was feverish. Losing my voice was just a wee bit of extra fun.
I can't shake the cough, though. It's more than 2 weeks since the cold set in and I am still suffering at night. I drink cough syrup like iced tea between boughts of ugly sounding coughs that shake every ounce of my tired and sore frame.
Since the coughing isn't enough, ny neck and shoulders are acting up again. I've been going for physio so and she's been manipulating the joints to get them moving again while teaching me some new strengthening exercises. Some of that exercise is hard work - and I mean hard. I suppose the reason it is so hard is the total lack of any type of muscle tone in my mid back, but ehh. I will complain and do my exercise. Perhaps I will be inspired to lose some weight. Or similar.
Tomorrow I shall work on revisions to a thesis chapter. The easy chapter for revisions. I've got 5 binders of comments and suggestions to go through and I have chosen to lay out every binder on my desk to labour through each page. I have tables to revise, too. My joy has no bounds.
I also think I am kind of dumb about standard errors. I need to find my statistics for dummies book (at least my version of it) and try to figure out what the hell I am doing. Yes, I passed the defense but I still am spending a lot of time being an idiot. I say that knowing I am not an idiot, I am quite clever but damn. I wish I could keep this kind of information just sitting in my brain for easy recall whenever the hell I need it. Perhaps I should start taking some kind of memory pill? Or perhaps consider a balanced, healthy diet instead of crap picked up on the way to or from places?
I am sure my doctor would approve.
Ye heavens, I am tired tonight. I couldn't sleep worth a darn last night so I spent most of the night reading. I hate falling asleep as the sun is rising. I had a dr appointment scheduled this morning and so I was able to sleep in. Good thing I had no early meetings because I set my alarm for pm after a power outage yesterday. See above about me=idiot.
I must have walked too far today or sat funny or something because my legs are killing me. It happens when I get tired, the nerves get all angry and make the muscles burn like the fiery hounds of hades are gnawing peacefully on my legs.
I have blathered on quite without a plan for long enough. Tomorrow I shall return, I hope, with news of an impending journey. I loves the travel and I have a good one planned for July. Then no travel for a while. I like having a savings account. I will blow that sucker on a big trip next year. Maybe Australia again? Europe? Can't decide. Boy my throat hurts.
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