Impossibly lucky

I'm very, very lucky. This post is simply to acknowledge this fact. At the moment, I'm spending some time at the University of Sydney (where I also spent a month last summer). I'm here to work on a project with Kristie Miller and Sam Baron. This means that I get to hang out in Sydney, which is just spectacularly cool.

Today sees me working on a book chapter, having been for an outdoor swim this morning, spend a bit of time chatting with Kristie, and then heading out to dinner with Sam later. And this is my job--the thing that I am paid to do. (To be sure: I also have to keep up with UoN stuff, but it's still the middle of the night in the UK, so.....) As with all jobs, there are downsides, and I work quite hard. But even so: as upsides go, this is simply wonderful, and I'm enormously grateful that I'm able to come and do this kind of thing.