distracted and excited

it's been almost a month since my last post (no!) and i wish i had more to report, but to be honest, i'm still recovering from a long and draining winter and the workload at my job this month has been overwhelming, so i've been just a bit distracted.

regarding comps, i was nervous at first, but to be honest, i'm kind of excited about taking it on as a project, especially the part where i get to put together a citation list for the questions that i drafted with my advisor. doing comps and an independent study this semester also means that i get to come home at a reasonable time of day, leaving work at 5 most days and being home by 6. it has also meant that i study on the couch a lot, i.e. by the fire with my loved ones:

finally, it means that my cat gets to live out his fantasies of lying among towers of books and papers (seriously, he loves lying on papers and falling asleep between the pages of books, often while i'm reading them...):

in any case, i hope to have a more substantially post to offer soon. in the meantime, this will have to do.