Happiest for a while

I guess I am really really happy recently. Moving back to Terra is a blessing, and I feel like home here. Especially I am the house manager for the house, and the responsibility takes the best of me. I think this is the first time that I feel I am an unreplable asset of the house. I learn so much, but I am also giving so much.

But my dissertation has to take a back seat. I am so sorry about that to my advisor, who seems to have high hopes for my job prospect. Well, I will address that very soon. I hope the responsibility will raise the efficiency of my time, so I can do everything well. I know it is hard, but when I am as happy as I am now, I feel I can pull that off. If you, my readers, believe in me, I know you won't be disappointed in the end. And thank you if you wish me good.

Writing

God damns you , dissertation! I have been planning to write a second chapter for several days, but each time I wanted to start, it just reminded me how unoriginal it is. Sigh... But you know what, I guess I will create some originality along the process of writing.

Proud of my swimming today. I did "pulling" (freestyle without foot-kicking) for 200 meters. Some updates, the running around campus loop 100 times is three quarters done. I ran the dish for the first time several days ago. Well, I guess I could check off one item on my "must-do" list. Also biking to a nearby Boronda Lake. The guard did nto let me in, because I am not a resident of "Palo Alto". But I got in anyway with a back trail. On the way back, my bike got a flat tire, but I fixed it myself with some new procurement from a nearby bike shop.