I decided that today I should get done with the first part of my map analysis thing for my thesis. But then it was so sunny, so I walked to the market garden and bought lavender, basil and silantro in pots and seeds for five different kinds of herbs – and then I spent the afternoon planting them. That kind of planting needs to be done now, if I want to be able to get any crops to harvest by summer. And since my thesis is about agriculture, planting seeds isn’t completely off track.
But still. I’m already behind. So, when the sun had gone down and dinner was eaten, I decided to go back to my maps and really finish them this time. I thought it would take, like, an hour or so.
Now, almost five hours later, all fields in the municipality of Upplands Väsby in 1952 have been digitally recorded and coded. I will feel like shit tomorrow. But at least I’ve reached the first real milestone in my map analysis.
I’m so sick of ArcGIS. How am I ever going to finish this?
I shouldn’t sit up this late for other reasons too. My self-resolves weakens at night. I get urges. Like sending text messages to the wrong people. Or writing pubertal pseudo-poetry. Things that I’m too old for. Way too old. I should be done with this thesis already!
Tomorrow, I might take the time to write something about Liberia. We’ll see.
Katja Malmborg 