Running Out of Juice

My laptop battery has about 17minutes of power left so I am going to make this a quick post.  I started the day with early morning tennis with my girlfriend and then had a quick coffee and scone at one of my favourite coffee shops.  I am now at the library and have worked for the past 5 hours.  It has been a tough slog, I really struggled with fatigue.  Thankfully I am without a car, so I was incented to stay put!  I have decided though that I need to take a break because I have a core level of tiredness that is not abating.  I am going to take a vacation from research for 1 week in August and again in October.  I am contemplating doing a cottage mini-break with my girlfriends in August.  In October I have my annual NYC trip with my partner which will be swell.  

I have spent much of today reflecting and planning.  I now have a lengthy “To Do” list based on actions required from several recent events including:   the Henley Colloquium, my preliminary investigation into the LDQ,  my meeting with my supervisor, and a meeting with a colleague about my study.  I also did a draft deck to present to the organizations that I would like to include in my study.  Now that I review this post, I realize that I have accomplished a lot this week, especially given I was still recovering from my UK trip!  The other highlight from this week was discovering a “think tank” that focuses on the Credit Union industry and has several research papers that will be useful.  All very good.

My partner will arrive shortly and I am thinking dinner and a movie will be a nice close to a full day.  Looking forward to church tomorrow morning and then chillaxing all day Sunday!!

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