Kroe - re + procrastinating

Ok, time for me to go along with your suggestion, reacting to your post in a new one rather than a reply.

Good luck with the research assistant gig. I know you like that kind of job and in Paul, you've actually found someone worthy enough to provide that kind of service for. Who knows, maybe you get to redeem your own academic efforts through him. I say, do it! No need to wait for kids to press your unfulfilled ambitions upon. (That would make a loooooooooooooooong wait).

So, what am I doing these days? Surpirisingly enough, I'm going through my procrastinating routine! The apartment's littered until it's almost time for D to come home, the very urgent emails in my mailbox remain unread and unanswered, and I haven't been working all that much on that research paper I'm supposed to hand in tomorrow at 16.00. The good news regarding that last bit is that 3/4 of it is completed already. But still, wouldn't it have been nice if I had finished a paper early, for once? Well, the day IS still young, so who knows?

As far as I can see, the only thing I'm doing right these days is my control over my eating habits. Some of you may know that I've been diagnosed with pco. It's not a dangerous condition at all, but it affects my fertility and it may enhance a host of real medical problems in the long run. So ever since I found out about it (say, a month ago), I've deleted cheese, cream, chocolate, sweets, etc. from my diet, and have cut my intake of salt, fried food, ... . Cheese and chocolate are the hardest, but it's ok, really. I'm losing weight. Getting healthier. Two things I need to tackle in order to be completely satisfied on this front: 1. must cut coffee-intake (which is hard, because it's such an energy boost in the morning and in the early afternoon); 2. must pick up daily exercise.

On another note: it's about time I started focusing on my research paper, so I'm off to finish it a day early. After I get my afternoon cup of coffee, that is...

kroe kroe xxx