The Tenure Clock is Ticking. What Are You Doing?

I am trying to write a paper!!!

But, I am having a lot of trouble because this paper is about CA-MRSA. (For those of you who don't know, CA-MRSA is an antibiotic resistant staph infection that you get from someone in the community.)

This is one of the papers I have "left over" from when my department contracted out my services to hospitals, health departments and whoever else was willing to pay someone to help them get research done.

One of the reasons this paper is so difficult is because I am not interested in CA-MRSA at all. Okay, maybe not "at all," but I definitely don't have any research interest in how and why people are getting CA-MRSA. However, the tenure clock is ticking, the data is here, and I haven't published anything in 2 years.

I came up with a mantra last week to keep me motivated. It is taped to my computer monitor. It says:

The tenure clock is ticking. What are you doing?

Right now, it isn't working so well.

I Got the "Itchys" This Week But It's Growing!

I got the "itchys" this week. Never had them before now. I used a little of Lisa's Hair Elixir from Carol's Daughter. About a dime size amount on the fingertips and massaged into the scalp. It smells really good too!

I am still loving my hair and always have my fingers in it--others have talked about this is their blogs too, and it is true! My daughter has been commenting on my hair more lately too--especially on how fast it is growing. I've included one picture from all the ones I have taken since October 2008 so you can see that she is right--it is growing really fast! I hope this will inspire her to go natural!