Week 13

Well, this was our second week off this semester. I had no grading and so managed to switch off work for practically the whole week. I say practically the whole week because I went to visit friends in Berlin - friends who were ex-colleagues and so from time to time our conversations turned to "work". Also, strangely enough for me, I did not log onto the Internet for the whole of the week. This was despite the fact that my traveling companion had his state of the art iphone with him and was constantly online himself. Also the friends I was visiting had their two laptops constantly on. However, I resisted the temptation and confined myself to living in the "real" world. Of course when I got back to Istanbul, one of the first things I did was log on and I'm pleased to say there were no disasters awaiting me. Having had a week off, I now feel inspired for that last push towards the end of semester - primarily because I have already started planning for semester break. There's nothing like the prospect of another holiday to get you through a busy and stressful time at work.