skin? who needs skin?

hello hello!

yes i'm alive, but barely - i was thoroughly battered at my weekly softball game yesterday. stupid, stupid me thought it was a good idea to slide along the gravel into third base while wearing shorts - dumb, dumb, dumb - i ended up with a sizeable chunk of skin missing from my right leg and butt cheek. i also managed to hyper-extend some ligaments in my left ankle somehow, oh, and i got hit in the left shoulder/chest area with the softball. whew, i get tired just typing that! but CET is a trooper and stayed in the game even though her wounds were bleeding - i'm a trooper, RAWR! :o)

did i mention before that i might be getting published? my research project went so well that my supervisors didn't hesitate to ask me to be first author on the first paper to come out of our study - fingers crossed it will be accepted by our journal of choice without any major revisions! i'm excited because all this has been such a surprise, the icing on the cake - totally unexpected but much appreciated.

procreation: my lovely friend mr. bing had a baby boy at the end of june. sooo friggin' cute. huge feet and hands, like his mom. :o) two other friends also gave birth in the month of june, so three babies have been born out of the seven that i know are due this year! babies poppin' everywhere, like an epidemic.

i've also completed three of five weddings, with the fourth happening this weekend. freakin' insane.

i normally read (for pleasure) a lot over the summer - while on the subway, at lunch, etc. - but i haven't picked up a book at all since i've been home. i think it's because i've had to read billions of journal articles for my paper and also at my summer job, that i want to give my brain a break and let it relax. i want to make sure that i leave a bit of each day to just let life sink in a bit, instead of always go, go, go.

walking home today i came across a dead rat in the middle of the sidewalk, UGH. how did it die so randomly like that? my mom thinks people have put traps out and the mice ingest whatever poison is laid out and die a slow, painful death, outside of the house and on the street. hmmm.

so while absent from the blogosphere, life continues unbound. as always i hope to be a more consistent blogger (i'm surprised there are still people that check this site!) but of course i can't promise anything - i'm just glad you're still watching this space. :o)

wherever you are, i hope you're well and having a great summer!

love CET :o)