Busy, as Usual

[unforth]

First, thanks every one for your wishes for my grandfather, I really appreciate it.

I'm back from New Hampshire now, and I've had a busy week of it. He's doing better, though his memory is definitely slipping. He'll be moving to Texas in early April, in all likelihood. There's still lots of family drama, though, which isn't any fun and is causing me some stress.

Other than that, life is, unsurprisingly, busy. I just finished a draft of one of the grants today; it's missing one section that I can't quite finish yet, and of course it needs loads and loads of work, but that's why it's a draft. I'm a little worried, though - usually my first drafts are 10 to 15 pages over length; this one is only 5 pages over right now. It worries me to have so little to cut. Is that weird? I wish I felt more excited about being done, but I'm not. Meanwhile, we still don't have the best sense of how many we're writing. At the moment, it looks like we'll be doing 4 21st CCLC grants (that includes the one I just finished) and a different NSF grant that'll be due the following week. Brain leak-inducing, truly.

I'm on hiatus from Ni90 pending a reduction in my stress level, I've been dieting more actively but working out less, Jonie has been acting adorably affectionate the last week, cuddling with her head in my lap, I'm feeling distinctly and utterly anti-social, and I've been reading a lot. I think that's about it for now. :)

Comments

[galiyah.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your grandpa is doing better. I know we don't actually know each other, but I've been thinking a lot about you in the last week or so and hoping that things were going ok. Enjoy your snuggle time with Jonie- it definitely reduces stress.

[schenker28.livejournal.com]

That's cute about the Vicious! And congrats on the dieting going well, etc. Are you still getting out the park a lot?

I'm going to finish Doubt! soon; I finally started making a little time each night to read all these manga.

did you see the eclipse?

[akashiver.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about the family drama, but I'm glad your grandfather is doing a bit better.

As for the grant proposal, have you considered the possibility you're just getting better at writing these things?

[bakanekotoo.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear your grandpa is doing better, but I'm sorry to hear about the family drama :-(

Aww, enjoy the cuddle time with Jonie. So lucky! I can't get Chewie to stay still for more than a couple of minutes :-P

Distractions

[(Anonymous)]

Glad to hear pop-pop is doing better, sorry about the family stress. Q: Did you get the package I sent you?

Banjoguy

Re: Distractions

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Not as of yet. I hope it didn't go astray! For future reference, I've been sending any package bigger than my tiny mail box to mom's instead of my place just to be on the safe side.