Another week of "not much." Did the gym, exercise, and disc golf as I should and have part of a crossword waiting to be finished. One of my disc golf rounds was played with Dave "Peanut" Brittle, who is apparently a pro and was, at one time, very highly ranked. He beat me by 3 or 4 strokes playing from the white tees, so I think I held my own fairly well. I'm still trying to get the hang of varying throw strength. I also played a lot of Tales of Symphonia this week, so I guess that counts as progress on getting all of my currently owned games finished.
I forgot to mention that last week I finished Order of the Phoenix and this week I sprinted through the Half-Blood Prince, so the Harry Potter series is nearly at an end, which is sad. I went to get the paperback of Deathly Hallows today and I couldn't believe that there still isn't a paperback out yet. Supposed to be coming out this June, roughly two years from the hardcover release, which I think is a bit excessive, especially since the British paperback has already been available for a year. Well I'm sticking it to the publisher for such outrageous policies: I bought a used copy off Amazon Marketplace.
The other important happening this week is that I made the decision that I won't continue through with the PhD at NCSU (I received a Masters this past December). It's been bouncing around the old brain for a while and, as I began seriously considering it, it seems the right thing to do. I'm going to apply to U of Cincinnati and try to enter their Mathematics PhD program and return to cryptology. If that doesn't work out I'll be on the job market! Wish me luck!
The family sure will be glad to have you home, as well as the pet of the year, Pepper!
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