There, the grant application that has been taking so much of my time has been submitted. We can re-open it and edit as many times as we like between now and next Wednesday's deadline, but in the worst case, they at least have the current draft. This means I am free to spend tomorrow packing for the weekend's SCA event, and can enjoy the SCA event ( Read more... )

As I think I mentioned yesterday, my energy levels at work were kinda low and I didn't get much accomplished on my first day back from vacation other than cleaning the junk out of my in-box. After last night's choir I foolishly sat up at the computer till after midnight, and then finally got around to yoga, and headed to bed around 01:00, fully ( Read more... )

This week has slipped by very quickly--we have managed several four-hour sessions on earth cellar building, and are now nearing the point where we will be able to start building the framework for the roof. We have also managed to get in some yard work--the first few strawberries and smultrons are starting to ripen, he fixed the ride-on mower ( ( Read more... )

April and May were particularly busy months for me, and included travel. As a result my exercise log got kind of behind. Not the basic data entry--these days I do that on my phone, but the excel spreadsheet where I actually tally up the number of hours spent on various activities and convert the data to graphs--that part didn't really get done ( Read more... )

They have finally published the article summarizing the research I did for the first few years I was at LTU. Such a relief to finally have that well and truly done... (if anyone actually wants to read it and doesn't have access to the journal give me an email address and I can send you a copy, but I don't know that it will be interesting to ( Read more... )

We have confirmation from the supplier that the Argon Gas, which is necessary to run our laser ablation system, will actually be delivered on 17 April, and the installation of the Laser is scheduled for the week of 20 April. So, just over 6.5 months after being hired to run the LA-ICP-MS lab, I will actually have a LA-ICP-MS to run ( Read more... )

In Sweden both the Friday before and the Monday after Easter are public holidays, and the Thursday before most businesses are only open the first half of the day. Since we had the days off and would be free to hang out, C came up from Göteburg to spend time with us. She will actually be here two full weeks, and intends to use the time we are at ( Read more... )

life is busy ( Read more... )

Long time readers of my journal may recall that I spent 1.5 years in Italy, doing experimental petrology, which is the process of making very tiny rocks by putting powder of a known composition into a 2 mm diameter gold tube (7 mm long), welding the tube shut, and subjecting it to really high pressures and temperatures for two weeks to a month, ( Read more... )

When last I posted it was the first week day of my second week in Tassie. At the time I rather expected that I would continue to check in each day and record my adventures. Nope. Been home for the better part of a week, and haven't posted any of that, either. So, what can I remember ( Read more... )