Timely Snow

I got some very, very good news this week, hearing that I’ll get a grant to fund some research that I’ve long wanted to do, which I imagine I’ll be discussing in this space more in the months ahead. To get it, I needed to convince a Federal agency to fund work that doesn’t fit their set of goals, by arguing that it was important and that no one else would view it as their responsibility. Luckily they have a mechanism for thinking about such “unsolicited grants” once a year, using money they might have left at the end of the year.

What stimulated this post is the experience of waking up the next morning with the worst headache I’ve ever had in my life, feeling sick enough that I vomited and generally felt incredibly miserable. My doctor wife tells me it was a migraine, and I know have a deep new respect for everyone who suffers from those on a regular basis. She also said that it’s not uncommon for people to get headaches when a source of stress lifts. Interesting, and odd.

Of course, it could just be a sympathetic anticipation of having to actually do what I’ve committed to do. I’m pretty familiar with those kinds of (metaphorical) headaches, though, and it’s still a few days too early for that.

back to work…

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