Exponential Ramblings

  Why do I blog? Well, quite simply, this is the place where I dump my mind. That's right, you guys get the turds that crawl out of my brain in hopes in finding a gem that I may have accidentally swallowed during the day. I apologize ahead of time but you keep coming back! Therefore, I feel compelled to keep spilling my guts all over the internet.   We are in the full swing of hazy, hot, and humid in South Carolina. I torched my skin for a second time this past weekend. I have been locking myself away on the weekends but I really don't want to do that this coming weekend.   I have been coming home, walking the dog, eating dinner, and then taking a nap which may have caused some issues with sleep and the migraine that followed the next morning. I feel better tonight and did the same thing. I feel wiped out and will be heading to bed soon. Hopefully, I won't wake up for two hours at 1 AM, tossing and turning. Routine during the week is important to me. Routine on the week...

  Ok... don't get all excited about the title... it's just a regular, run-of-the-mill, vanilla blog post. Carry on! Sunday night, all I could think was, I have sooooo much work to do... I can't wait for the weekend! I don't think Tom Brady can solve these problems. Tonight? I have soooooo much work to do... is there really only two more days left until the weekend? Coffee... it keeps me going!  The research schedule is tight but we are on target for the moment. I come home exhausted from being "on" all day. I do take breaks and a lunch but I am constantly thinking about how to make the experiment better, what do I need to learn in order to be more efficient at it, and what do I need to incorporate to the presentation/paper/poster for fall? Even when I am home... I am thinking about the project. And I don't want to really think about the project when I am home not only because of possible burnout but the fear that I am squelching the ...

  I spent most of Saturday getting groceries and cooking for the week. It was pretty gloomy out so I figured I would flip schedules between the two days knowing that it was going to be sunny today. The rain, no matter how much, has a tendency to dry within hours. The ground at least feels pretty moist which will help as the temps begin climbing again.   There is a lot of life in the neighborhood. People on the golf course, walking in the morning, riding bikes, or driving their golf carts to visit friends. Coming out of Kroger yesterday, I saw two people in a gold cart leaving and heading to the community across the street. I mean, why not? They can top out at about 35 mph and use a lot less gas/energy than a car.   "Hey, get in the golf cart! We're going shopping!"   My only disappointment is the lack of local coffee establishments. I am slowly discovering all the standard, commercialized places such as Starbucks and Dunkin, but no real hole in the wall, we roast ...