It has been a big week for me! When I was at work on Monday, I slipped while riding my bike and broke my ankle in 3 places. This has reduced me to being unable to walk unassisted for 6 weeks, and not being able to run for 3 months. I’m a very active person who likes to do some sort of physical activity every day, so this has been a hard adjustment to make! It actually hasn’t been so bad thus far, as I was in hospital with good pain medication for a few days. There is a weird and bizarre kind of novelty in it still, although I am sure that will shortly wear off.

In general it has not been the best week of luck for me. Last week I was attempting to get my citation software, EndNote, to sync between my laptop and desktop. I’d been using this system for months, or at least I thought I had, as checking the logs revealed that the last sync had happened in August… what was going on? I attempted to fix it and ended up with a deleted library, which means I have to start somewhat over – fortunately I still have the library on my laptop, but it is slightly behind. I’m going to move to Zotero, because I have never actually heard anything bad about it other than that it doesn’t look as nice as EndNote. Zotero also has many plug-ins and better functionality with the writing software I use, Zettlr.

While I am not looking forward to being unable to walk for a long period of time, I am still hoping to spend my time mindfully and surrounded by loved ones. My partner, Amelie, and I were meant to go on a road trip this week which is sadly postponed. It is hard not to feel some sense of loss over this, as it was set to be a really great trip taking three weeks through some of Australia’s best beaches and an opportunity to see my family. These plans have changed somewhat, though I hope to see my family once my leg has healed a bit more. I guess the other benefit (?) is that I am now able to spend more time on my PhD than I had originally planned over this period (oh goodie!)