Not dead. Just resting.
I’m glancing back in during my job-search-madness-month hiatus to say: Hello, blogosphere, I’ve missed you! I’m still busy, still neck-deep in readings and assignments, and prepping a couple of job talks while getting ready for another phone interview. But I’ll try to post intermittently while the rush is on.
Things that are making life easier right now:
- short-sleeve weather and sunshine
- getting back in touch and/or staying in touch with friends old and new
- the GTD greatness that is Remember the Milk (I can feel myself relax a bit every time I check off a task, and I can text-message it if I remember something urgent while I’m away from my computer, and it allows both tagging and Boolean searching — what’s not to love?)
- a few cherry blossom branches in a vase in my living room, which, hopefully, will come all the way into bloom at some point
- Capogiro outdoing itself yet again (latest favorite gelato flavors: chrysanthemum tea and dark chocolate with candied orange peel, and I can’t wait to try the green mango with chili)
- having done my taxes early this year, for the first time in, like, ever
- the prospect of a vacation week in early May — granted, I’ll still have classes to go to that week, but sleeping late and lazing around the house will be such a relief!
- weeding my book collection and my clothes closet, and getting rid of my backlog of New Yorker issues
Oh, again, I find myself tempted by the prospect of ordering 6 pints of Capogiro. I wonder if I could get a friend to split a custom order…
Anyway, I’m glad you get a break in May — as you say, even with classes, being able to lounge around is excellent.
If you do the 6-pint thing? I recommend the sea salt flavor. But it’s all good, really.