Jun
22
Chapter 2 – Day 1
My wife’s grandparents have been gracious enough to let me stay two weeks on their ranch in western Nebraska (almost Wyoming) to write a major portion of my doctoral thesis. This is a nice, slow paced environment with cool mornings and crisp air, wonderful atmosphere for getting chapter 2 (over half the paper) done. I’ve decided to post once a day with a progress report – to keep me honest more than anything.
I’m also at the beginning of a weight-loss program. I went in for a physical at the beginning of this week and my blood pressure was too high for a 33 year old. High blood pressure runs in the family, so I’m supposed to drop 30 lbs. by Dec. 15 and we’ll see if that helps out. The mornings are good for running out here, so hopefully it won’t be too much of a bother to run a bit in the morning – since I’ll be sitting on my behind most of the day behind this computer. I’ve also put a weight tracking widget to the left to keep me honest as well.
Today I’m headed off to church (Wesleyan) with Jan and Andy and then out to lunch. I’ll unpack my books (70 lbs worth shipped via FedEx) in the afternoon and get started on grabbing notes from a few of the first few sections of my outline.
