Another instance of my amazing life

Dear all,

I am doing fine. Or rather, I am doing amazingly well. I have been enjoying my long spring break to the fullest, frankly, even more than that, it has been some truly enjoyable time. My March was one of the best months in my life though it was very exhausting and demanding... But frankly, it was great to slow down towards the end and get some rest and easy time with my family and friends. I really needed both the excitement from travels and the easiness of my home.

So, this month I spent a great week in Mexico, a week in California, a week in Arizona, a week at home and some time in Bratislava. I have enjoyed the many amazing new people I have met during my travels, reunions with old friends, transforming some of my former acquaintances into good friends and most of all, coming back home was great and I took some time for a decent spring clean up in my room, including moving the furniture around to make a radical change to my room. All in all, I think I am doing very well.

Cacti, cacti, cacti...

There are still some minor issues clouding my days, as I am not sure I am heading where I want to: I know what I enjoy, I sort of know what that means in terms of studying, I sort of know what kind of things I want to do apart from my studies, I am just very unsure whether I am currently on the right track... And sometimes I get opportunities to change things radically with an evenly uncertain outcome, that makes for some hard thinking. Some of the opportunities are crazy but so appealing: who would not want to leave school and spend three sunny months in California with their beloved ones? Especially if not choosing so means to spend three months without them...

To be or not to be in SF? Is that even a question?

But anyway, I still have some exams to do, I promised Vita Kala that I would speak at his number theory seminar in Prague and that is some exciting time for me, I am so optimistic about my talk and willing to experiment with a slightly different way of presenting things. Not just the chalkboard talk... On one hand, I want to talk about things I have been trying to learn myself recently, which is complex multiplication on elliptic curves. On the other hand, I should not assume that anyone knows about elliptic curves. And what I love the most about this topic is simply how much of my knowledge this topic is actively using, let alone how much it builds on to get the right picture. And I sort of like to switch between the various mindsets one can espouse whilst talking about elliptic curves.

After that, I should head back to Germany after some 2 months of being away. I wonder what that will feel like, how much dust has accumulated in my room, whether there will be more light during the day and whether my hallmates have somewhat transformed into considerate people. With my timetable again starting at 8.30 every day I would really like to get some sleep regularly. And after that, who knows. There are some amazing things potentially coming my way, so I hope time will only make things better and better.

So much for today's share of procrastination. My elliptic curves are waiting for me!