Louisville, KY

Reporting live from Louisville KY! I'm at the Canon Law Society meeting. I made it through the opening session and the reception. I connected with a few people that I knew and met a few more people. I did manage to stick my foot in my mouth once - oh well.... recovered now. I'm staying at the 'cheap' hotel down the road (1/2 the price of the convention discount at the other place). Tomorrow will be input sessions. And I want to connect with a few more people. Some people I was hoping to connect with aren't here.
I drove over - just over 4 hours to get here - lots of construction zones, but not much construction going on. I came mid day, so there were no jams. But the fall colors were SPECTACULAR!!! Round every bend was better than the last. I'm hoping for good weather on the way back too, it should be even better. Most places were still somewhat shy of peak colors. But BEAUTIFUL!!! It was definitely better to drive than the two or three hop flight.
I listened to a few more linux podcasts on the way over, and just enjoyed the view. It's really a little short to do a book on tape - well, I could get started. I did download a few extra podcasts, just in case.
Thesis is a little on hold. I actually found a few more articles that I can read while I'm here. Then I might get a little written when I get home. I leave here around noon on Thursday.
All the best - make sure you get out and enjoy the leaves when you can!!!
Amy

Okay, so it's not about word count.....

Granted there's a lot to writing a good thesis, it's not just word count. But that's my current thermometer for seeing how far along I am in the project. I've completed one chapter and it's out with a proofreader - actually with two of them, because the first was incapacitated. That was the chapter that analyzed the survey information on transfers. Really interesting stuff. I enjoyed working with the material and writing up the results. Hopefully that will come across in the writing.
Currently I'm working on the section on history. I had a head start on that because I did some work on the topic last semester. But I'm filling it out and giving some more up-to-date information. The previous work focused on the middle ages.
I'm pretty well settled into Magnolia and I even have a sort of 'schedule'. I'm in my office at Carondelet Mondays and Thursday, and working from home the other days, like today. In fact, someone called today, expecting me to be at Carondelet - so I'm already predictable.... But I'm actually working from home because transportation will work better tomorrow - so much for predictibility. The critter at the left is a neighbor. We have a pair of great horned owls who have taken a liking to our house and can often be found in the trees near the house and can often be heard singing back and forth - it's really cool. I've only actually seen them once - sitting side by side on a branch. We have lots of folks who come around with binoculars looking at the trees around our house. It takes some getting used to.
Fall colors are just starting - I went up for my first plane ride this year on Sunday with my dad. Didn't see a whole lot but I did sort of try a few landings. The leaves should be better in a few weeks. I'll definitely have to get up in the air again.
I'm still getting around on my bike - either joy riding or getting around town. St. Louis is a little bigger than Leuven, but I can do some meaningful travel on a bike. For the rest, I ride with someone or borrow a car or take the bus. Actually bus/bike is also an option because most busses have bike racks. I'm not terrible graceful about getting my bike on and off, but I manage to get it done. And it really extends the places I can go.
Okay, back to a book I'm reading for my thesis - I still have several that are more background material. And continue to find an article here and there that I need to go through.
Peace,'
Amy