No news is good news.

Well in some cases this statement is true. Whenever I think about this statement I recall a certain field trip in 1996 down to the south coast. I was perplexed by the behaviour of most of the other girls on the bus. Given that this was before the days of cell phones in South Africa, these girls would phone home every time the bus stopped for a comfort break. And while on our 10-day adventure, these same folk would phone home whenever they were in reach of a tickie-box.

Back then I knew I was different. Not only did I not feel the urge to phone home, I left home without my wallet. It was an all expenses paid, 'cept spending money. And my family knew that no news was good news and that there'd be plenty of stories to hear when I made it home. In fact I think if I did call they probably would have been more worried in case something awful had happened.

The reason for the long introduction is simple. I've been so busy on both projects, that I've scarcely had chance to think about a new blog entry, never mind actually blogging. See no blogging can also be good blogging.

As for a progress report, writing seems to be coming much easier. All the reading over the last few months must have paid off. Have about 6 or 7 pages of a project proposal simmering away too. What is also working out is the mental distinction between the two projects. I have found that spending a few consecutive days on each project means I can focus just on that and then switch as necessary. Although the division of labour has been a little unbalanced, this can be rectified soon. Included in the last 2 weeks activities were 2 presentations for the Engineering project, one on Tuesday last week to RandWater and one last Friday to the Water and Health group at UJ. One more coming up on the 6 October and then hopefully all remaining public appearances this year, will be related to my PhD.

More news when there is news.