So today’s task was a monumental one as far as I’m concerned. It was akin to picking up the phone and making a dentist’s appointment, only without the threat of novocaine.

I put pen to paper. Virtually speaking of course – though there was a pen and some paper in my life today.

So it was a good day – and it’s not over yet. But sometimes one must take a break or all the momentum gets lost and your good intentions are for nought.

So I’ve got the bones of the dissertation committed to digital form, now. Like some sort of forensic reconstructor I now must put flesh to them and see how they turn out.

So far I like what I’m seeing.

But the danger in this enterprise is that I tend to go into hermit mode and forget what day it is, what time it is…I forget to answer mail and phone calls…Occasionally I will forget a meal – but not so often.

A girl has to have her priorities.

I will make a bit of a wrenching leap back into the 19th century for a bit tomorrow and then again on Friday as I return briefly to the world of ironclad goodness as the Monitor exhibit detailed design phase has now come to an end. Soon we will step out of the world of theoretical into the world of actual and I have no illusions that the two will be identical twins.

Maybe not even fraternal. But one has to start somewhere, right?