One day at a time

There! The NIH proposal is gone, and after Tuesday’s dissertation proposal defense, things should feel easier for a while. Until, of course, the next NIH deadline, in four months. I can stop writing proposals as soon as I have half-time funding, fortunately.

Today I just rested. I finished reading Pirates of Venus online, and as it had a cliffhanger ending, I then had to start Lost on Venus too.

“I was in a quandary. Death lay all about me; it remained but for me to choose the place and manner of the assignation; I could drown where I was, or I could permit myself to be dashed to pieces on the rocks. Neither eventuality aroused any considerable enthusiasm in my breast. As a mistress, Death seemed sadly lacking in many essentials. Therefore, I decided not to die.”

I also took a nap. Tomorrow: More resting, more reading. Maybe a walk in the woods or something, too.