I Am Still Alive!!

No, I have not dropped off the face of the planet. I have just been terribly neglectful of my blogging buddies. I tend to lose interest in my blog when I am working on things that interest me and I have nothing urgent that causes me to procrastinate. So here is what has been going on:

Supervisory Update

I now officially have three supervisors and a dissertation topic. This means that I am able start working on my proposal as soon as I get back from the conference in Philly…woo hoo!!! It really feels great to be able to move forward again.

I will be seeing the ex-sup at Philly conference, can you say awkward?

Travel Update

I just spent the last week in Cuba at the Paradisus Princesa Del Mar (an utterly fabulous resort) clearing my head and relaxing before another crazy year. I have officially decided that Cubans are the nicest people EVER; they are very sweet, kind, unassuming, and overtly optimistic. I greatly enjoyed getting to know many of the hotel staff on a personal level.

I did not however know that you are not allowed to travel to the US within 14 days of Cuba and as a result, I just spent the entire day at the US consulate trying to obtain special permission to make the trip to Philly. Here are some pics!

Academic Update

Things I am doing:

3 manuscripts submitted
1 manuscript in the writing phase
2 conference submissions underway
1 ethics application for goal setting study
12/48 articles read in preparation for next dissertation meeting
1 conference presentation underway for Philly

It almost seems like I am being productive…hmmm.

Personal Update

Over the course of the last two months the “miracle” of Facebook somehow resulted in the acquisition of a Facebook stalker, whom I will call Bags (in honor of the large amount of baggage he possesses). Now Bags is a fellow I dated in the eighth grade, for about a week, whom I had not seen or heard from in 13 years until he added me as a friend on Facebook. We chatted harmlessly for a couple of weeks until he suddenly proclaimed that “he loved me”, “I was his soul mate”, “he had been in love with me for 13 years”, and “we were meant to be together”. Under normal circumstances this may have seemed a little bizarre however, throw into the mix my current boyfriend of ten years who did not appear to faze Bags even a little. Bags tried many different strategies: messaging me on Facebook, talking to me on MSN, texting me, and (my personal favorite) sending me naked pictures. He has recently found a girlfriend so I appear to be safe for a little while.

Hope all is well with you guys!!!!!