It is Finished (this year at least)

All the hard work as finally gotten the job done. I’ve returned from paradise (the Davis Mountains) to the real world.

This real world is going to take some time to get used to. I’m trading Mount Livermore for the balcony of the apartment out my window. Instead of censusing birds each morning, I’ll focus on things like my proposal (best pronounced with the same inflection as the word manure).

I’m returning to a beautiful wife that’s worked her butt off this summer at two jobs. I am so deeply humbled by her sacrifice. While I hardly have the right to feel sorry for myself, part of me already misses the mountains. Life was simple, there was a job to do, and no interruptions to get in the way. On the other hand, it feels great to be home.

My time away has also had its effect on my blogging. The research was consuming, and I found myself completely unable to write about things that interested me around the net. That will hopefully be changing, depending on my time constraints now that I’m home. (Having a fast, reliable internet connection doesn’t hurt either.)

I’ve got some good things coming up though, including a review of Finding Darwin’s God by Ken Miller.