Last post of the month

I wish I had some more interesting things to write about for this post. Something newsworthy, quirky or enlightening. Something of excitement happening in my life; something I learned about Shanghai and China this past week. Unfortunately, I've been too run down to come across any of these things.

I've been sick since last week, and voiceless since Friday evening. I have a mid-defense for my thesis next week. The combination of these two things has led to a self-imposed lockdown. I'm not going out until I: 1) recover from my illness, and 2) get a significant amount of writing done.

So, like I said, I don't have any boisterous happenings to share with you at the moment. But maybe you feel a bit enlightened about what's going on in my life lately...? Ok, probably not. More to come in the coming days.