Wednesday

Although much of the holiday weekend was relaxing, there were also a lot of challenges that unexpectedly arose.  A major challenge is that my SIL is needing to stay with us again as her husband is now driving out to the East Coast and my SIL will be needing help and support to get to dialysis and her other appointments.  

It is challenging to get myself geared up for work this morning.  I ran this morning using a headlamp so that I could see the road in front of me, and complete that task before washing up to head to the U.  Unfortunately, there are so many things to do that my mind is swimming.  I have to submit an abstract sometime today as well, but when I checked just a few minutes ago, it was not functional.  This abstract submission is a competitive submission as there are a limited number of spots for emergent research data at this conference.  The competition is to get your abstract in before the maximum number of submissions allowed is reached, so I have to try to stay on track (even when teaching, apparently because the site is not yet open) to try to snag a spot.  

That is about all I can write for today.  With Labor Day having been Monday, I will fold my comments into next Monday's comment effort.

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