Changes...
Following up on a few, vague hints he dropped earlier this month, my supervisor broke news to me this morning that he will be relocating to New Zealand in January. The move will in all likelihood be permanent. Wow.
This is sure to change my situation at work in many ways. Right now I am feeling a bit shocked and cannot get a full grip on what the effects will be. However, New Zealand is very far away, and I imagine progress will be slower and more difficult without the possibility of quick and spontaneous face-to-face discussions in front of the whiteboard.
In an unrelated development, one of my father's PhD students died yesterday following a sudden, rare fatal asthma attack. She was in her twenties, I believe. Things like these kind of make you think...
This is sure to change my situation at work in many ways. Right now I am feeling a bit shocked and cannot get a full grip on what the effects will be. However, New Zealand is very far away, and I imagine progress will be slower and more difficult without the possibility of quick and spontaneous face-to-face discussions in front of the whiteboard.
In an unrelated development, one of my father's PhD students died yesterday following a sudden, rare fatal asthma attack. She was in her twenties, I believe. Things like these kind of make you think...