I like my job. It is fun, it is interesting, it is Meaningful Work. I do take work home and I take student issues home and physics is always on my mind, but some of that is good. I wish I were better friends withvmy coworkers, but I do have like-minded friends in my professional organization, and that helps.

Right now it is summer and my quality of life feels very high, although technically we are sort of homeless: crashing with a friend with our stuff in a heap until our live-in date. I'm spending over an hour xlcommuting each way, but it's on trains so that's okay. I have time for deliberate exercise and time to cook and eat food from scratch, which goes a long way towards balance for me. I haven't driven a car in weeks.

Being plugged into communities is important to me. Right now it's just church; I feel like I should take a class or join a choir or someting to connect better with people. Music and food and exercise and not being bored and getting sleep. Those things seem to matter more than living space right now.