A brief tour...

Bronwyn is a little better, but not a whole lot. She's been in bed from Friday last week right through to today, six straight days minus trips to the doctors. She's been off work for four days so far, no so ideal when you're a locum who doesn't get paid if you don't show for work. The important thing though is getting her better. We're hoping we're starting to see signs of that now. She's never been sick like this before... and it has been tough for her. On top of feeling awful, it turns out to be really boring spending all that time in bed all day. We just thank God though that it was not something more serious, like the originally feared meningitis.

In a final flurry on Sunday night I re-submitted my most recent paper, based on the main results of my dissertation and as much as four years overdue depending on how you want to measure it. I'd first submitted it to this journal in January, and had heard back quite quickly from them with their review. It's taken me a further four months to get it back to them—less 5,000 words and with six of the nine tables deleted. I was a little surprised therefore when, before I could even blog about re-submitting it, I received a reply. The editor, recommending one final tweak: the addition of a two-sentence explanation in one section. I did so immediately, re-submitting on Monday evening using their online form, and was staggered to receive a further reply from their (US-based) editor a mere 55 minutes later. His news: the paper was accepted and had been forwarded to their publishing department! Coming later this year to a journal near you... At laaaaast!

Finally, may I wish a happy 12th annual June 31st Tour to everyone...  : )