Hello People

Here I am. :)
I'm fine, I'm a mum as you already know, my little treasure is almost 8 months old.
I'm still a PhD student theoretically, but I do not work at UMinho anymore. The thesis defense should occur before the new year (I hope).

It's quite strange to write a post today, since I'm not writing for more than one year. Honestly I do not have time to maintain this blog active.

Anyway, I'm still around to post some (subtle) comments.

A Happy End :)

I always have been a little rushed on some kind of things. I've not waited 2 days to do a cut on my finger. In the same day I’ve done the cut myself. Meanwhile, the intensity of pain has decreased and I do not think that it is necessary to remove the nail. Honestly, I think that tomorrow it will be as if I did not had any problem on my little head finger.

Sometimes, we need to be our own doctors.

Alone, Busy and Desperate

Remember the Murphy’s Law? Last night I didn’t sleep a minute. I had so many pains on my finger, it was like if it was exploding and still like it. By the early morning I went to the doctor. Thanks’ God… he has prescribed some antibiotic. But… perhaps in two days it will be necessary to make a cut on the finger to clean the region or in the worst case, to remove the nail.

So, I went to the chemistry to buy the medicine:

me: This one is the antibiotic, right?!

lady: Yes, you must take one each 8 hours… and this one is for the diarrhea.

me: I’m sorry?!

lady: For the diarrhea.

me: Yes, I’ve understood… but I do not have diarrhea!!

lady: Perhaps the doctor has miswritten the medicine.

me: Can you check for me the secondary effects?

lady: Oh God, this antibiotic will cause gastro-intestinal disturbances.

Great… now to stop the pains on the finger I’ll have pains on the ass.

Alone and Busy

It is almost 2:30 a.m. and I’m still working… yah, writing papers, it’s amazing. The bad part is my third finger on the right hand. YES, precisely that one. Today is the fourth day that I’ve a huge paronychia. It has started at the nail groove and at the moment my finger seems a round red candy with a stick. It’s a real shit to write on the computer without this finger.
Tomorrow (or today) if someone messes me I can always complain about my luck and show my finger in this position .|. :p

Opinions

It is always fun to ear people analyzing or criticizing ourselves. I wonder why I laugh every time someone does that with me.

A co-worker:

“Usually I knock before opening her office’s door. She doesn’t move her head but only the eyes, and looks above her glasses. If it is someone of her interest, she moves her head, says hello and talks friendly, otherwise her eyes are redirected to the laptop, ignoring who has knocked the door.”

At home, I have analyzers too:

“When you phone your father you use the French accent, when calling your mom you have the typical north accent.”

Or… asking something like “So, how is living with me? Do you like it?”:

“Well, it is an adventure… mainly when your parents are coming to visit you. You enter through that door like a hurricane.”

It's a Boy

I'm back. Did you have missed me?! I guess not. I've great news for you: I will be absent again in a short time for the same reason.

And... NO, I did not have any children :-) It is not yet the right time for that. While standing at home I had much time to socialize with the cat. The cat is a boy, and not a female cat has I said previously. He is so vain, that I called him Mr. Vain. My mother suggested 'Serafim'... well… we laugh with such hypothesis.Meanwhile I’ve gained some spirit and body strengths to continue my quest. I hope next Monday I can be at work. I will try to not spend all the cumulative energies during this weekend. :-)

Walk All Over You - AC/DC

Mummify Myself

Today I have decided to call my mother using VoipBuster. And why not to call my father?! I brought from home the Plantronics headphones bought at USA. The headphones have 3 meters of cable, in that way I could walk in my room freely while talking with friends. I thought that 3 meters of cable will not be so much.

Today, here I am using again these headphones. Some more extra meters of cable and I could turn myself into a mummy. Unfortunately, the length is not enough for walking into my living room. It has only 7 meters of length and 5 meters wide. The vacuum cleaner has only 10 meters of cable, I can not reach the entire house (with the vacuum cleaner plugged in the middle of the house) approximately by one meter.

By the way, the headphones have a better sound than the earphones… or should I say earphone, because only the left one is working.