Sunday, October 8th

I finally did something this weekend, I took myself on my private K-excursion by car. Half an hour's drive and I was at Bigelow Hollow state park. Well, I was not entirely alone, had a little brown and white creature with me who stuck his nose to the ground and wagged his way through the entire 5 mile hike (maybe he did stop wagging when he fell into the pond, had to fish him out, he looked a bit surprised). It was a beautiful hike, I went around a big pond. Felt completely knackered when I got back - and still had to make my way to a housewarming party that evening (we'll not mention the data I was supposed to enter - nor the stats homework I still have not done, and don't know when and how I will manage before coming Tuesday).
Housewarming party was fun untill I ended up in discussion with T about my way of working and J. It went down the wrong way with me, think she meant to be nice. I went home, she did not realize the effect her talk had on me.
This Friday B and I finally saw a house we really liked, the first since the last one we did not get. I was so excited, pushing him to call and make sure he could see it soon (he found me quite irritating, amazing that I can even do that at such a distance :-)) It was just the part of town we want to be in, the right amount of rooms, a balcony, nice, sunny etc. Only problem is that the first viewing is the day B leaves for the States to visit me. So no can do. Sometimes it feels like our house search is doomed, we see one house every 4 months that we want to have and it always comes at the wrong time (last time was hte day before I left for the States). I worry about our housing, when are we going to move together? We'll have been together for 5 years in 2 weeks, and of that time together we have spent half of it not being able to live together despite wanting to. That and the manipulations that are not working and not knowing what to do about it was quite a lot to digest on Friday (+ the fact that I had to know what I was doing by 3.30 pm which was when I had to run subjects). I wrote a manipulation while not able to think, which worried me, and still does. THe manipulation actually seems to work but I still worry I put a confound in there, and I am still not able to think, very frustrating. I worked today but did not get enough finished so tomorrow is going to be a race against time again (I leave for a talk at Yale at 10 am). I thought about skipping the talk but I had arranged to meet someone there as well and the talk is about an area in which J had suggested doing some research in (and I found the idea very interesting, want to learn more about it). And I just really want to go...
So, 3 more days and then I leave for Philadelphia. REally look forward, meet both B and parents at airport (if all goes well). Will be very exciting. And then finally a day off, we go look at philadelphia. And on Wednesday we all have dinner together - although they are likely to fall asleep on me, I will be the only one without jetlag!