- some moments ago i was packing for my holiday travels, and the growing pile looks more and more like what i would pack for a long conference or a summer school.
the clothes are the easy part. they take the most room, but no more than the contents of a travel backpack.
- mostly casual clothes, some athletic gear,
a set of 'nice' clothes .. in case of that sort of thing.
- mathematics are harder and full of doubts. the only easy decision is to bring my netbook. other than that ..
- my parents never have any paper, so how many notebooks to bring? should i bring a blank one? i might start a new project ..
the car trip to my grandparents takes over an hour; we might do that several times. i should take a few papers with me, but not too many ..
do i really need that one book? it only covers the euclιdean case. still, i might want to work on that project while at the airport ..
underlying all of this, the general rule is:
- don't bring much; it's rude.
in fact, try not to bring anything ..
.. but there's always so much to do.
they don't understand;
they won't understand.
then again, maybe it's me. have i become so excessively work-driven that i can't .. or won't take time off? [1]
- [sighs]
if it weren't for 1 1/2 weeks of holidays and birthdays,
if it were just a weekend,
not enough time to do any real work ..
.. then this would be a lot simpler.
[1] that could explain a few break-ups and relationship troubles. the few times i meet someone, i'm either on holiday or between jobs. subsequently i don't think they realised how much i usually work (i.e. what they had gotten into). \-:
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