 Welcome to my office. I'm back at work some. It has been a while since we chatted, you and I, YouTube. You know, a lot's happened. My hair has gotten kind of long. I'm back at work some. My kids are back at like school and stuff. These are good things. A bit over a year ago I got promoted from research scientist to research professor. So I've been a professor for a little over a year now and about a month ago I finally got my office. It's very exciting. I've never had my own room before. I'm still working at home a lot but I've been coming into the office a couple days a week. I'm doing a lot of cleaning. Everything's been a little grimy after a year and a half of just kind of being abandoned. And getting furniture and setting up a space in a way that sort of reflects what I want out of it. I don't need to be here to write, to get work done. I need to be here to collaborate with people and to talk to people. So a big part of that for me is setting up this office to be sort of a third place. Not my home, not my home office where I go and get a lot of work done. But a third place where I meet people and talk and share ideas. Let me give you a tour. Okay, sticker table. Still here. Updated stickers. Coffee maker, same as before. It's not amazing but you know it's it gets the job done. Air purifier because you know my desk. This is kind of a cool desk. This used to be a table in the physics lab. It is unbelievably heavy like 150 pounds heavy but it's a really big table and has no drawers so it's all very sort of clean design. I like that. Water bottle to stay hydrated. This love seat that I had before it matches the chair over there but I got online and I found a matching couch and the piece that I am most excited about it's it's so awesome. My coffee table. This thing is epic. It's a big slab of birch that came from my brother-in-law's backyard. My father-in-law and I spent a bunch of time like sanding and finishing it. It just looks so cool. It's just so simple and beautiful. And also an ethernet cable because apparently we don't have the outlets on that side of the room plugged in. And then some art. Some books. Lots of coffee mugs of course. More books. More books. Some more coffee table books. Jackboard. So that's kind of the state of things. The office is kind of set up. I'm working. I've got papers and things I'm working on. Right now a lot of my energy is just trying to still dig myself out of the sort of professional black hole that I found myself in after a year and a half being home with my kids. And I miss them very much every day. But I also miss working. I don't know if I'm gonna make these videos again every week. Part of me would really like to get back to this project. But it's also been a long time. What do you think? Should I go back to making videos? Do you want to hear what life is like as a new research professor at a major university? I hope you're safe. I hope you're well. I hope life is stabilizing into something that's more manageable for you. I hope I get a vacation someday soon. Alright, time for coffee and back to work. Bye.