Hey people. I'm back from the UK, and am actually going to stay in the same country for almost two months... sweet! Only a month or so until T's summer holiday starts. Not so sweet. I'll have to ask him tomorrow about the exact dates.

The UK conference as a whole was a very difficult experience for me. I was not doing well at all, and avoided all other people. My own conference paper went really well, though, and in the long run that's the important thing. When I think back on emotional low points in previous years, I can remember them but they don't make me feel worse - but when I think back on professional failures that makes me feel bad still, so this is not only my knee-jerk "work is more important than emotions" reaction.

Granite, that kitten is very sweet.

Welcome to the new people on the couch. It's so good to see so many people posting here.

stopdog, I hope things are ok at your end. Likewise for rts, healed, CE, mkac, neutrino, wikid, granite, aaa, tametc, rt, hankstah, ike, murray, gtgt... (if your name is not in the list it only means that I have serious sleep deprivation and my memory banks are not working well.)