15

That is roughly how many days are left in this semester and I hate it. 

I like what I have going on right now. People are going to be leaving this month and some of these people I am not going to see for a long time. 98% of my social circle is comprised of Danes and Norwegians; I am just glad for social media and the internet. No one can believe how fast time is moving. It is as if the brakes are worn out and we are moving down a hill, each on our separate track, each of us about to make a turn at the multitude of paths that are coming with alarming speed. I hope these paths cross sooner rather than later.

In other news I finally retired old 2008 and have joined the smartphone crowd with an iphone 5s. Timing is ok considering the formentioned. I am enjoying the phone thus far but realize there is a good learning curve for this thing. It is a computer.
No less than 6 papers are currently in process, 3 presentations, international papers in progress, and a host of other assignments that are going in within next week. I signed a lease on a place to live at Bø in Telemark. I will be in Spokane for the end of next week doing the Fetch wedding and the following week is finals week.

Like I said, no brakes.