So i realized i shouldn't poke fun at Drew for not posting when i haven't really said much of anything for a few months. My life is in a sort of flux and has been for awhile. I don't think i've really had any sort of set routine for any substantial amount of time since the summer. I think this has been a good thing for me. I STILL have not finished my master's degree yet. I was supposed to be done by December, but i spent so much time with the Solar Decathlon, that there was no way i could get my project done by December. So now i am starting to develop a routine. I get up in the morning, go to my office, and work on my project all day. I have realized that the reason why i could do academic work all day at Knox and while i was taking classes at U of I was because the work was varied. If i got bored, i could do some work for a different class for awhile. This master's project thing is different because there are no other projects. Either i am working on that one thing, or i am not doing anything "productive" at all. I guess i should get used to it though, because my research group and i applied for a grant to continue our research through the summer (even if i graduate).
I don't know what i'm doing once i am done with the project. I love Champaign-Urbana and don't want to leave. I have applied for some interesting jobs here. I've been rejected from a couple and i'm still waiting on a couple more. I am still talking to some folks who are interested in turning our Solar House into a business, but i don't know if that will ever come to fruition. I try to take life one day at a time. I have been reading a lot of Wendell Berry. I spend as much time as i can with my girlfriend although she is far away. I am very happy.
