Gaming and Getting Busy!

Played a really cool game last night called Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, I lost, but since it was the first time I'd played I'm OK with that. I didn't really have a strategy, I was just attempting to learn the rules and play around with the (many) different aspects of the game. I think I'll need to play it a few more times before I can settle on a strategy that might work. The main problem with my game last night was that I forgot that to win you needed the victory points. I was too focused on producing goods and keeping them, then on cashing things in for the points. Oh well. But NEXT time . . .

Goal today is to finish off Chapter 3 of my thesis. If I manage to keep myself on campus after lunch, that shouldn't be a problem. However it's Friday and it's bitterly cold (yet again) and I'm feeling a strong urge to just go home and curl up under an afghan on the couch. At least until I teach my cycling class. I'll attempt to become more motivated as the day progresses. Got a slow start today.

Since others seem to be posting this stuff, I thought I'd give it a try:

Reading: "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" I'm over halfway through it now, but I expect to be reading this for a while yet. Also "Thief of Time" by Terry Pratchett.

Writing: This damn thesis. Should be finished with the first draft in another 2 weeks.

Arithmatic: Again, the damn thesis. Plus teaching Linear Algebra. We're almost to echelon forms!!! In another week we'll be solving systems of linear equations. Yay!!

Yippee!!

I just finished typing up Chapter 3 of the thesis . . . or at least, I can't think of anything else to add at the moment. So I've printed it out, will present it to my advisor, and then I can move on to Chapter 4!!! Now, off to home to prep for the gym.