Social Life of Information

I have two more weeks of telecommuting to Enlighten and then TA Orientation begins at Syracuse University. Things are calm for the moment, almost inducing a sense of normalcy, but the impending school year looms; undergrads are clearly already starting to move back into town.

After quite a bit of effort over the last couple of weeks, I’ve finally finished redoing the breakfast nook, which was an unexpectedly difficult and drawn-out process. I’m very happy with the results, however, and we are almost completely moved in. There are still about a half-dozen small boxes of miscellanea to unpack (and the dozens of boxes of books, but those don’t count) and there are a few things to hang on the walls. The space is finally settled in and functional. It finally feels like home.

Syracuse itself is something else, though - in our efforts to get our living space in order, we’ve done very little to explore the town. We went out this last weekend to a movie and to couple of nearby state parks, and we have dusted off our bikes and inline skates, but that’s about it. I’m fairly content with the low-key summer evenings around the house, but now that the breakfast nook is done, I’m going to concentrate on finishing up my thesis. It’s way overdue for completion and I don’t want to start a new program without properly wrapping up the prior one!