November already....

So. It's November. Last weekend I went back to Chapel Hill, and it was wonderful. I didn't want to come back. The people were nicer, the atmosphere was nicer......it felt like home. I felt like I had "my people" there. But here I am, back in the city. And it's not as bad as before. I've found a great sushi place that's pretty affordable, and my friend M and I go at least once a week. Last night after workshop, M, J and I went for dinner there. I'm never disappointed with the food. I've settled in a bit more to my 'hood, and have a basic routine. The cost of things still gets me, especially because I haven't been able to write any articles for over a month and a half now. No articles = no money coming in. Which was NOT part of the plan. But in some weird way, things have evened out, because I am swamped with schoolwork, fellowship applications, etc. So the time I would have written articles is now devoted to schoolwork.

It's going to be a long stretch to the end of the semester. Tons of reading, papers, etc. I basically have no life, I have so much work. But I do love it. When else am I going to have nothing else to do but read and write? When else am I going to be around such talented peers and instructors?