Nothing much to say today (I'm ensconced in the Bat Cave working on two grant--well, three, actually, but one of them is just a shortened version of the other, so I hardly count it), but I do have to take a minute to wish my mother, my mother-in-law, and all the other moms out there a very happy Mothers' Day!
I'll be back tomorrow.
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Best of luck on the grant writing. *Sigh*
I can relate to how you feel--just got my grant rejected for funding by AHA. *Sigh* Hope yours does better and gets funded.