Decrease in IQ (because of being busy)

Glass, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Rocks, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Here are two photographs taken today. There was a little bit of snow on the ground, which made the landscape much brighter than it has been so far.

And now - some non-photography related thoughs, so you might want to stop reading here.

I might have mentioned that we got a new microwave oven at home. The previous one was 16 years old, and when it was on, our wireless net (wifi/wlan) stopped working. With the new one, no problems whatever with the net connection. Although I don't think the leaking radiation was dangerous, better safe than sorry.

And then to IQ. I was really busy at work this week. Meetings after meetings, dozens of emails to answer, discussions one after another, phone calls to make, driving from one place to another, from ministries to universities to cabinets, lunches in a hurry.

This morning I even forgot my work laptop at home because of being in a hurry. Similar things happened all the time during the week. Sometimes I felt that I wasn't able to think much at all, that my IQ had dropped by half. Not good.

Today I read an article I had written a month ago. It was fine. In fact, I felt that i wouldn't be able to write anything like that if I would have needed to. Going rapidly downwards, that is how it feels. Everything feels complex, and it is hard to get a grasp at anything.

And next week will be even worse than this one was.

At least it isn't clouded any more

Church, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Steps, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

We have had colder and clearer weather for a few days. No snow, but at least the sun has been visible in daytime. And there is a little bit of frost on the ground, so it is not so dark as it used to be. But nights are long and getting longer.

Darkness makes tired

Graveyard fence, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

For some reason I have felt tired during the last few days. Perhaps it is the darkness which hardly ceases even at noon, thanks to the thick cloud cover which never seems to go away.

Today the nominal length of the day was 6 h 24 min but it seemed much shorter. On the other hand, there are only a couple of weeks until days start to lengthen again.