So many things...

Wow, it's been a long time since I've updated here. This hiatus was not the self-imposed internet striker like last time. This was just plain old life keeping me away from nearly everything. I'm on the travel cycle again. I overbooked this summer by quite a bit and it's all good stuff, but I'm going to be very tired before it's over. I've very tired now and I've only just scratched the surface. In the last 2.5 weeks I've gone from here to Colorado to CT to Nevada and back. I'm off again on Friday morning to go from here to NM to TX to here to CT to ME and then back six weeks from now. Like I said, I over booked. TT lesson number 1: Learn to say no!

Which you'll be happy to know I have been doing more of lately, which will hopefully make year 2 of this endeavor go better than year 1. I actually feel like I have my feet under me now, which is a good thing, so maybe I can return to regular blogging rather than just regular bitching like you got last year.

There are so many thoughts in my head I don't even know where to start. The last two weeks were really great. This thing in CO was FABULOUS! I even met some knitters, who are scientists. It just doesn't get better than that. There are so many great things I learned and so much I got out of it that isn't truely science. There is a lot of good women in science blog material that may appear later, but mostly I got a new lease on me and my career. That's not to say I've got it all figured out, but I feel like I know what I have to do and how to define my path a little better. A bit of self-discovery came out of it all, and with it a new perspective. Like I said it was FABULOUS.

Then we went to a wedding. A wedding which makes me smile just thinking about it. The love story between these two people is just so romantic that it makes me little girl giddy to just think about it. Hub and I did a little reading during the ceremony and the energy that comes from so many people attending such a happy affair really could carry the world.

Then I went to another conference in Nevada, and while it was not great, it served to put a little more perspective on the path I'm going to try to take with my research and my career, so ultimately that was a good thing.

Hey, would you all look at that, my optimism has returned. Watch out world. I'M BACK!