It’s been a long time since I have written anything here. I’d like to say there is a good reason, and for part of that time there was, but not all of it, so I’ll have to chauk it up to laziness. I’m am hoping to write a little more, as well as post more photos, going forward and I have started a few posts to help me along. Seeing as how most of them are rants about various technology issues, I figured I would update my status here first.

Over the past six or seven months, I really haven’t done all that much. I did have a chance to visit Quebec City on a IEEE trip last September (I would like to spend more time there in the future), but other than that most of my time has been spent on my thesis. I am happy to say that is now a complete draft in the hands of my supervisors for their comments and suggestions. The process to complete it will probably take another few months, but the bulk of the work is complete. From this point on, it should just be editting and passing the examination by a couple of University chosen professors.

Having that complete, I have spent the last couple of weeks straightening out some things that got left on the side and looking forward to having spare time. Unexpectedly though, I found myself with a lot of spare time this week. Unfortuately, I did not have any energy to enjoy it. I have spent the last six days fighting off a lung infection, something I would not wish on anyone. Everyone understands how inportant your lungs are, but I think I really took them for granted until this week. I had trouble breathing for much of the week and that is a tiring and slightly scarey thing. Fortunately, I can say I am now on the mend.

So with the thesis and lung infection more or less out of the way, I am now back to looking forward to more free time. Some of this will be spent offloading chores around the house from my wife as she starts to work on completing her thesis. Some of it will be spent on my photography. Some will be spent out running as I try to get in better shape (and train for the Tely 10). And most definately, some of it will be spent being more social. The problem with rushing to get a thesis completed in a short period of time is that you start to ignore your friends. You don’t want to, but it is a necessary evil if you ever what to get it done. So, over the next while, I plan on spending more time with my friends to make it up to them for ignoring them for so long.