Um.
Have gone though several cycles of having lists in my head of things to blog about. But I appear to have reached the nadir of the current cycle. Hm. Probably was going to mention:
1. Applied for first real grant. Won't get it, but good to get it out of the way.
2. Finally finished a draft which had been weighing on me for some time. I totally missed the deadline for it (a special issue) back in JUNE and put it on the backburner, telling myself "one day". Then got an email in October asking me if I was still interested in submitting, and could I do it in the next few weeks? Massive rush to finish draft to get to co-authors, both of whom are normally quick and pithy, but this time took longer than expected, and ripped it to shreds (only one of them actually, and not so much ripped as decided we might want to redefine a fundamental and thus possibly require change of a primary argument/storyline) and ALSO decided it needs another iteration anyway. So have missed the second-chance deadline :-( Will hopefully get it submitted anyway, but won't get in that particular issue...
3. Went to Sydders for a long weekend, was ace. Mostly family stuff. Good to see and catch up with sis and Mum.
[Hm... some of those things were def on list/s to post about]
4. Plants at home doing ok. Basil and chillies from seed. Strawberry seedling has now produced 5 strawberries (although a bird got 1 of them). Fig tree looking good. Lime tree ok, flowering, mini-limes, but dropping lots of them (should I be removing some?). General problem: whitefly :-(
5. (Last week) Finally got plants for my office - two ferns. They survived their repotting and first weekend without me, but am somewhat concerned about the upcoming break (10 days?). Don't think I can be bothered carting them home though. They're going to die, aren't they?
6. (Sunday) Plumbing fail, had great faith in myself, but... haven't yet found (online) the type of spindle our shower taps have, and some indication of how to remove them from the wall (surely I don't just force them out? and appear to need a more specific tool than we currently have, but no idea what...)
Um.
7. Have managed a couple of dinner parties.
8. OH - finally tried capnoblivious 's ginger cookies. Definitely a winner, but really should try sticking to basic recipe first time I try a new one (next time might chop the crystallized ginger into smaller bits).
9. Just had two weekends in a row without work. Have heaps I could've been doing.
And will stick with a single digits update for now.
1. Applied for first real grant. Won't get it, but good to get it out of the way.
2. Finally finished a draft which had been weighing on me for some time. I totally missed the deadline for it (a special issue) back in JUNE and put it on the backburner, telling myself "one day". Then got an email in October asking me if I was still interested in submitting, and could I do it in the next few weeks? Massive rush to finish draft to get to co-authors, both of whom are normally quick and pithy, but this time took longer than expected, and ripped it to shreds (only one of them actually, and not so much ripped as decided we might want to redefine a fundamental and thus possibly require change of a primary argument/storyline) and ALSO decided it needs another iteration anyway. So have missed the second-chance deadline :-( Will hopefully get it submitted anyway, but won't get in that particular issue...
3. Went to Sydders for a long weekend, was ace. Mostly family stuff. Good to see and catch up with sis and Mum.
[Hm... some of those things were def on list/s to post about]
4. Plants at home doing ok. Basil and chillies from seed. Strawberry seedling has now produced 5 strawberries (although a bird got 1 of them). Fig tree looking good. Lime tree ok, flowering, mini-limes, but dropping lots of them (should I be removing some?). General problem: whitefly :-(
5. (Last week) Finally got plants for my office - two ferns. They survived their repotting and first weekend without me, but am somewhat concerned about the upcoming break (10 days?). Don't think I can be bothered carting them home though. They're going to die, aren't they?
6. (Sunday) Plumbing fail, had great faith in myself, but... haven't yet found (online) the type of spindle our shower taps have, and some indication of how to remove them from the wall (surely I don't just force them out? and appear to need a more specific tool than we currently have, but no idea what...)
Um.
7. Have managed a couple of dinner parties.
8. OH - finally tried capnoblivious 's ginger cookies. Definitely a winner, but really should try sticking to basic recipe first time I try a new one (next time might chop the crystallized ginger into smaller bits).
9. Just had two weekends in a row without work. Have heaps I could've been doing.
And will stick with a single digits update for now.