That seems to be what I have had, for a while now. It fortunately waited until we were done packing up and cleaning the old place, but has been beating me up pretty continuously since then. It's now to the point where contessagrrl and I are having to postpone our departure date, which is unfortunate, since she has a pretty tight deadline on the other side of ( Read more... )

On a macroscopic level, I am happier than I've been in forever. I am done with grad school (or at least the thesis -- I'm still getting paid to finish papers through the end of August). I am moving to California. I am starting and/or resuming so many projects and activities that I am super excited about but had been putting off due to the thesis ( Read more... )

The request ( Read more... )

My advisor says he'll buy me a new laptop as long as I can find one that's cheap. (He never did buy me the more expensive machine that I proposed to him previously, because he was hoping my current one would last through graduation, which I can understand. So was I.) Target price is $600, but it's a little flexible. I'm pretty sure I can find ( Read more... )