brussels

i've been writing a lot this week, though not as much for the blog. i finished the first draft of another chapter to my dissertation. one chapter and an intro and conclusion for everything left to write. my goal is to have the draft of the last chapter done before the end of the month. i've set a pretty aggressive timeline for myself writing-wise, but i would like to graduate this semester. the last of my recommendations for faculty positions went in yesterday...so now i am waiting to hear back on everything job-related and keeping my eyes out for any other postdocs that come out this spring that look interesting.

last week, i also put together the first of two abstracts for the international society of biomechanics meeting this summer. it will be held in brussels, belgium in early july. assuming the abstracts are accepted i plan to be heading to europe for a bit this summer!

the weather here has been helping make all this writing happen efficiently (and the time waiting to hear about jobs pass quickly). its been in the 30s and raining. my hands have been numb as i've been biking to work sometimes because its been so cold. i could take the car, but there is something about heading to work by bike or foot that i really enjoy. i was sharing this with eric one evening only for it to be followed but a bit of irony. the following evening it was pouring rain and dark outside. though i had lights for my bike, i decided it might just be safer to take the bus home. i waited at the bus stop for 35 minutes at which point, i saw the bus turn the corner a block down the street...bypassing the bus stop entirely! i waited a few minutes longer to see if the bus would go around the block and come back and get us, but it didn't. the bus only comes once every 40 minutes (i can bike home in less time than that) so instead of waiting for the next one i walked a couple miles down the street and met eric for dinner. the next morning i ran to campus to pick up my bike. the weather ended up being worse than it had been the previous evening and i arrived home, with my bike, soaking wet and freezing. i guess i should have just ridden home in the first place!