It feels weird whenever I go on a trip without the pup, since I feel oddly incomplete.  Even when I was eating pizza, I was wondering where she was, since her face wasn't in my lap giving me the puppy eyes.  And then I remembered that she did not come down with me.  She was very sad about that, and roommate messaged me saying that she was still sad and missing me and I always hate leaving her for an extended period of time.  But luckily it is only for a week, basically.  And that week shall be spent cruising with family!

I am excited about that.  It will be nice to get away from stress and Binghamton and stress.

Good news, though!  At my meeting with my adviser today, we talked about a possible paper to coauthor, which would include a survey experiment if we were able to get money for it.  The theory sounds really awesome, and he said that he's been sitting on this idea for a while but just hasn't had time and stuff.  So maybe my helping could cut workload (especially the more time consuming stuff like searching for articles and all) down for him and it could be super beneficial for me in terms of getting a possible publication.  I will be riding his coattails a little, since he is a big name in foreign policy stuff, but as long as I have other work either by myself or with grad students then I should be okay having something with a prof.

And then I asked about my cartel parties paper and how I could start working with the research design and stuff.  My FISC paper is still first in my head though...or it should be, since I keep saying that is what my comps paper is probably going to be.


I should get more music before Saturday.  Yes, this is a good idea.  I have been slacking on listening to new stuff.


Bad thing: I have been feeling really uncomfortable with my body lately.  The fact that I'm eating more and consuming more calories than I did a year ago should be a good thing, but I keep thinking that it isn't and that I should cut back.  Despite that I am also exercising more now.