Lethargic

That's how I feel this week.

I could be doing more to transition my post doc projects to other people but... I don't feel like it. I'm going to work and I'm doing my job and getting things done but I've started to drift. I run participants all day tomorrow and Thursday, that pushes me to train the person who will take over when I leave (but only for 1 more week of running participants, data collection should be done for this project).

I've also pushed my interns on the projects they're working on to get things at a good wrapping up place before I go. I think my post doc mentor will be surprised at how much I finished up, although I've finished trying to really impress her.

I worry I'm going to get screwed on publications from here. I've worked my ass off on a number of these projects but there are still a number of steps to be done and they'll have to be done by people in the lab. I worry that because I won't be there she'll just write me off.

I hope not, I'm really proud of the work I've done here and would like the credit. But I worry.... 1 week and 3 days until I'm done.

Dangerous Dog Walking

DH and I took our dogs for a walk tonight. They've been locked in the house a lot because the weather has been just brutal so we decided that since it was finally a comfortable night we'd let them stretch their paws a bit.

My male dog, the older of the two is usually quite smart. When he wraps himself around a tree or a telephone pole all we have to say is "come around" and he does. Tonight he wraps around a small tree and just as I am about to tell him to come around, he lifts up his leg and pees, it flew right at me! I jumped out the way while DH laughed his ass off behind me.

I think from now on I'll let DH deal with male dog and I'll take the female who may not be as smart, but at least she squats to pee.

Single Girl Weekend Progress

Here is the list of what I intended to do...

• Finish up the edits on the paper I promised to get back to GA on Monday. I made really good progress on it today.
• This is done. Edited the paper, and the cover letter to the editor and sent to GA 2 days ahead of schedule.
  
• Do some data analysis stuff for one of my PD projects that I'm trying to get finished up.
• Maybe tomorrow
  
• Spend tomorrow morning and early afternoon at the beach.
• Well, I spent an hour at the beach waiting for them to test the water. Um.. yeah swimming with bacteria is not my idea of fun (thank you crazy weather!!), so I went back to my sister's house and we hung out by her pool. So, although it was not the beach I did get to do some reading in the sun and swim so that is progress.
  
• Catch a couple of open houses on Sunday*
• I still hope to do this tomorrow, DH is not going to be back until later in the afternoon so I may see if one of my sisters will come with me.
  
• Watch some trash TV and snuggle with my puppies.
• I did some snuggling last night but watched baseball (AND THAT IS NOT TRASH TV), I do think I'll get my trash TV fill tonight.
  

I haven't cooked since DH left, left over Chinese last night, pizza delivery tonight. Just like when I was a single girl. :)

Single girl this weekend!

Hubby is off on a guys weekend sorta. He and a friend went to grad school state to take care of some business stuff so it's just the dogs and I for the weekend.

I intend to

• Finish up the edits on the paper I promised to get back to GA on Monday. I made really good progress on it today.
• Do some data anlysis stuff for one of my PD projects that I'm trying to get finished up.
• Spend tomorrow morning and early afternoon at the beach.
• Catch a couple of open houses on Sunday*
• Watch some trash TV and snuggle with my puppies.

So, that's where I'll be if you're looking for me.

* Even though we probably won't be ready to buy for like 6 months at the earliest, I am super excited to start looking at houses.

Crazy weather.

We've had thunder and lightening storms for the past 4 days or so and it's driving me crazy. I get the worst headaches when there is this sort of atmospheric pressure. And one of my dogs freaks out and makes this horrible whining noise just incessantly and can't be soothed. Terrible headache + doggie whiny noise = not much sleep the last few days.

Tonight seems to be calm. I don't have anything pressing tomorrow morning so I hope I can finally get some sleep.

I miss my home office

It's beautiful, disconnected from the actual apartment with a big window and a door that opens to a porch. It's part of what I LOVE about living in this house, but I haven't spent any real amount of time in there since around X-mas time. I have a big, beautiful desk, a desktop computer that has never let me down in the way that my lap tops have.

Due to the fact that my PDM never wants me out of the office, and because the office does not have AC, I've only been visiting that room to pay my bills. So maybe once a week for an hour. It makes me sad to have such a great room that I never use. I think I'll spend some time in there this week. DH is away on a guys weekend and I intended to use the time to do some writing so I think I'll get into my office, clean up the clutter that I've stacked in there and do some writing and reminiscing. Let my office know how much I miss and love it.

Quick check in

Sorry I haven't blogged since Friday, I had a busy weekend with DH's birthday and other family events. Then yesterday I had work all day to get a conference abstract in at the last minute.

I have informed almost everyone who needs to be informed about the new job and thus far the reaction has been wonderfully supportive. This includes collaborators, mentors, lab mates and grad school colleagues so it's nice to see the world of academia is not coming down on me for my choice. :)

I have received a few questions about the new job and how closely related to my current research/discipline it is and I really want to answer these questions but find a way to keep my anonymity in check so I'm not ignoring these questions, nor have I forgotten about them. I'm just trying to figure out how to answer them without blowing my cover or making my answers so abstract that it's not even helpful to those who asked.

I do want to say that since making this decision I feel an immense freedom. I promise to explain more of what I mean about that later. For now, I'm off for a much needed pedicure and then dinner with a friend.