Thursday, October 5th

try number 3 and my manipulation is still not working. I was going to relax this evening but spent it staring at my data instead. And the glass of wine I have just treated myself corks. Given this is an 11 dollar wine I would normally take it back to the shop but I went to this wineshop when I was lost a couple of weeks ago. Got advice from a very nice man who told me this bottle was the tops (he did not tell me half his wines cork, this is the second corking one, had to throw the last one away = 8 dollars literally down the drain). Even if I could reconstruct my way to the shop, it was truly in the middle of nowhere - and it was the kind of nowhere I don't want to see again.
To look on the bright side of things, the trees are starting to turn colour. It is so beautiful I stare in amazement (not a good idea when you are in the car, am going to have to stop once on the way to work, I come by such a beautiful spot I am in danger of crashing the car otherwise). I am hoping to go on a long hike this weekend and take some photos (except that the manipulation problems is backing me up on all my other work, e.g., writing an IRB, doing stats homework, thinking about J'sother idea etc.). And on MOnday I go to Yale for a talk and on Wednesday I am already off to SESP conference in Philadelphia, where I see Bsweet and my parents. Greatly look forward to that, but when am I going to get all my work done?
I am going to sit outside and look at the stars, rather than writing and being boring about my work.