It has been pointed out to me that I haven't had a post about me recently. In a word, I'm doing well. I submitted a paper in mid-November, which was really nice. I hadn't submitted a paper in almost two years, so it felt good to submit something. Though the submission itself was a nerve-wracking process: my collaborators were in a different state and we were doing paper revisions through email. Not good. I finally had to throw my hands up and put my trust in the collaborators. The paper itself is okay but damn it's full of easily-fixed typos. Argh.
Boy returned from internship last weekend, and it's nice to have him back. Unfortunately it means cooking more often, and cleaning up more since his standards of neatness are not the same as mine. (Since we don't officially live together, he doesn't have as much storage and stuff here as I do, so I don't think it'd be fair to him to demand equal housework). I think Kitten is happy he's back too since he's much better at playing with her than I am.
Otherwise my life is back to the daily grind: doing research, trying to find time and warm days to exercise, and finishing up my class. I get to go home next week, and I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't seen my family in a year. And the warmer weather and food I can't find here will be great...
