New material

Early this morning I picked up a paper of interest from a colleague.  The work in the article was relevant to my efforts so I spent a good number of hours reading, thinking and discussing the contents.  In the afternoon I went back to reading my textbooks, but struggled to keep my mind on task.  It's scare how a small perturbation in your schedule can impact an entire day.  Luckily, at this point, I have time to be flexible and explore new ideas as they come up and I don't have to block out input form external sources.