Aftermath

Cleaning the apartment took its toll.

Mary aggravated a shoulder injury.

I strained my lower back. It immobilized me for a couple of days.

Karin said, “My back always hurts.”

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I’ve been reworking my best dissertation chapter into an article. My committee advised me to try to publish that chapter’s argument in “one of the very top journals.”

I’ve decided to take this entreaty seriously – even if my committee members tell the same thing to every student who finishes the Ph.D.

Tonight, I remarked to Karin that I thought the article would take several years to complete.

She looked horrified.

It never ends!