Grindstones and Porridge

However you want to putit, Dad's leaving has left me no choice but to go back to old colthes and porridge, put the nose tot he grindstone, knuckle down and get back to the real world. I have managed to stretch Christmas intot he January holiday and that into Dad's visit and now after almost two months of minimal effort I have nowhere to turn but the work at hand.

I am writing what will be the last of the module papers and then will put together my thesis proposal, both to be finished by June and then when I return from the summer, part of which will be spent in dear old exciting Leicester I will have to actually start in on the thesis, (that's what them limeys call a dissertation) thye do everything backwards. Nice to know I have the next 20 months planned out!!

I just sent in an article to the International Jouranl of Educational Administration and am about to send one to the Learning Organization Journal. The first one has made it past the first post and been sent to three referees in different countries. The second one could have more problems- I just noticed that theri last issue was devoted entirely to what I am writing about so they may have had enough of that for a while. We'll see. Keep your fingers crossed, I'll know and about six-eight weeks if things have been accepted for publication. These things apparently take time.

Dad's visit was fun, we hung out here quite a bit and went around town doing various things. Poker in Al Ain was great - but Dad's right. Ralph very quietly sat and played his beginner game and walked away with a fair whack of the bank. Ahhhhh. I beleive him when he says he never played but he still knew exactly what he was doing.

So now it's work, walking while the weather is good and YOGA!! the new power - soon I will twist into any shape desired and roll effortlessly down the street like a wheel of fire. I am learning to levitate and slow my heartrate so I can see the people in the near dimensions. It's good. At the moment I am trying to learn Ashtanga and get the breathign right and then maybe move on to some new stuff. We'll see how it all goes.
I love you all and now that I have skype will try to use it talk to you. It already worked with Mom and Andrew, we'll see what we can do.

Bye