the journeying

it's been a day. a fruitful meeting this morning left me in a state of disbelief. research for the summer is taking a new and unbelievably exciting turn. i'm surprised i'm not more hyper, but i'm definitely as happy as i have ever been. it made me wonder about the turns that life meanders through, in its terribly enigmatic ways. for now, i'm just happy to be fascinated. soon enough, i shall document. today was phd high #2. (and between #1 and #2 have been a lot of lows :)).

i also finished my last presentation for the year. that sounds major. it didn't feel quite as major, but i am certainly relieved. this year has been quite a journey, both in the phd and otherwise (no surprise, i suppose, if you've been keeping pace with me here). you know how we learn in our early years about rivers and the different phases they go through - i feel like i entered the meandering phase this year (incidentally, that is also where i learnt the word 'meander' for the first time. and yes, little red dotted line, i know that 'learnt' is not a word in america). and strangely enough, it feels pretty good.

i am back at sonoma coffee cafe today, enjoying the lovely half-sun-half-cloud view of the outdoors. the brain is slowly shutting down to all else and focusing itself on the gundecha bandhu singing kabir. this post seems rather incomplete, but i just can't write anymore...