I desperately
need to blog, so I am going to fix that right now… Even though I don’t have
anything particularly poignant to say.
Although…
and I know you’re bound to be just as excited as I am about this… I am done
with the grant proposal at work! Woohoo!
What? Did I
forget to mention that thing? Oh. I’ve spent the past few weeks writing a grant
proposal at work, asking for money. Which is really the only reason why one
would write a grant proposal, but…
Do you know
how difficult (and time consuming) it can be to write a big, thesis-long,
technical thing asking for money? And explaining how you will wisely and responsibly
spend that money? I don’t like asking the neighbors to check the mail while we’re
on vacation! Can you imagine how odd I feel asking for fistfuls of cash—even when
it’s not my own?
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| I did find time to put the tree up, though... |
If I had
participated in NaNoWriMo this year, I’d have been about half-way done, which
is a vast improvement over how far I got last year. So maybe grant-proposal
writing is my thing.
Nevertheless,
the proposal is done, edited, and gathering signatures as we speak. And this
means that the few weeks of being able to think of nothing other than the
proposal are over!
Unless we
win, and then I’ll be spending a lot more time thinking about the whole thing.
Which is kind of the point, but hopefully, it won’t suck out all of the creative
writing juices from my brain, like the writing of the proposal did.
Also? I
think I’ve gained about ten pounds during this grant proposal writing process.
Writing a grant requires that you eat chocolate, and have wine with dinner. And
not exercise. That’s the important piece, there. I’d probably appreciate it if the
weight gain thing would stop now too.
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| How could anyone resist this wine??? They couldn't. |
Although—here’s
an idea—I could go back to my Fitspo
motivational posters, and my blog posts about how
losing weight sucks and why exercise is the devil’s work!
You see? The
juices are already starting to flow after just starting a blog post.
Except this
is really a blog post to nowhere. While the big names, like The Bloggess, are incorporating half a dozen
different animals (dead, alive, mythical, and saintly) in one post, and SDL, who came out of the closet as
not-straight this week… here I am with no coherent thesis statement and no idea
of an ending to this train wreck.
Maybe the
proposal burned up that area of my cerebral cortex…
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| Or... maybe it's creepy owls who are now the newest thing in house accessories... |
Although, I was
able to write some fun posts for Sprocket Ink over the past few weeks, and I’ve
not yet had the chance to share them with you here! So, let’s have a recap of
some of the good ones:
I was amazed
that our culture needs Legos
to explain the Bible…
You know
what? That was almost like a weekend wrap-up! Which I haven’t done forever!
Perhaps I’ll bring that back as well! And maybe a giveaway? I haven’t had the
chance to do one of those in a while… And didn’t I promise everyone a post of
the vacuum that Twitter gave me?
And… I’m
back!
Is the wine and chocolate how you are lured into writing a grant proposal? Asking for a friend.
ReplyDeleteIt was more of a self-preservation method throughout, however, I would certainly take bribes in the future! I'd consider it payment in advance...
DeleteGlad you're back. You don't always have to have something poignant to say. Also, "Do you know how difficult (and time consuming) it can be to write a big, thesis-long, technical thing asking for money? " The answer is yes, yes I do, as that is my day-to-day job. So I absolutely sympathize. Hopefully it pans out. Even if not, you still have that skill, and you can modify that proposal to other proposals, making future asks easier. Well done. and Welcome Back!
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