So, since I haven't been chronicling my adventures the last few months, I started wondering what I actually have been doing here the last few months:

Lots of teaching of course; I have 2/3 of my teaching load in autumn. And about 4/5 of the yearly grading.

One week trip to Pompeii and surroundings with the classical association of Norway. Which was ( Read more... )

Wow, that week went past fast!

After the grueling day one, we were moved to another trench on Tuesday. The first half of the day, we were set to go through all the earth/mud/gunk that came out of the trench. They took out shovel-sized pieces of the earth, hoisted them up to us, sitting on the walkway, and we went through them, breaking the earth ( Read more... )

So, long time since I've been here. I had forgot how extremely exhausting the Breton course was. Two weeks with lectures, field-trips and socialising non stop. My brain didn't really have more sparks lefts when I came home to my rather crappy student abode in the night ( Read more... )

I'm walking around in my underwear in a hotel room in downtown Vaasa, Finland (inhabitants 65 000), while drinking tepid red wine from a tea cup and trying to come up with a decent conclusion to my presentation tomorrow. And then I have to come up with a conclusion to the one I am having the day after tomorrow - because going on sabbatical made me ( Read more... )

So, the other night I had a dream. I don't know whether it is true or just something I imagine, but I have this idea that I rarely dream, or at least remember my dreams, when I'm depressed, but anyway, remembering my dreams after a long period of not remembering makes me happy.

Or at least I would be happy if I didn't wake up somewhat anxious, since ( Read more... )

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