bits and bobs

I'm writing my thesis proposal, in small bits. It feels very slow to me, but my adviser seems to think I'm in good place. Today I wrote about 200 words, yesterday about 250. I had less to do on Sunday and wrote 500 words. I have no idea how novelists manage, as these smallish word counts felt like a lot of work to me.

We had another outdoor lab in watershed management. This one was not as much fun as the snow lab. It was really cold out much colder than when we where out in the snow, but also less snowy. So my fingers and toes were cold. Plus we'd been having a freeze thaw cycle so all the paths were icy in places. I slipped and fell on the ice, as we where heading out of the woods. So far I don't seem to have any bruises but I do have several aches and pains.

I ordered a used book that I need for the thesis and it somehow got shipped to my parents instead of to me. Very frustrating as I really need to read it as soon as I can. Hopefully my family will mail it to me soon and the mail will be quick.