Mid-NaBloPoMo Writer's Block and Exhaustion

My last few days as a "mitochondriac" have made me seriously exhausted. I am not at all cut out for these long days and evenings.

It's been truly fantastic--I've gotten the opportunity to meet such fantastic scientists and I've been so impressed. Some of the speakers are people who I've cited in different papers. It's so weird, like meeting a favorite author or a politician.

Perhaps even more than that, though, I've enjoyed spending more time interacting and getting to know the other people in the department. Much more than ever before, I really feel like I'm a part of something, like I fit in.

So, yes--exhausted. But strangely fulfilled too.