Oh what a season it's been...

Reflections from behind the keyboard.

This week has included lots of sunshine, warmth, wind, rain, winter-like-temperatures, blossoms, dreariness, and everything in between. And in a lot of ways, I feel like that represents what the last couple of months have been like.

I successfully passed a probationary review to continue in my PhD program, which was both exciting and stressful leading u…