Extragalactic: I hear you - long nights alone in the telescope on the mountain, long nights before thesis or proposal deadlines. Caffeinated soda and a ton of candy bars... it's a rough life!
I know, college towns turn surreally zombie-apocalyptic during breaks. Keep your big juicy BRAAIIIINNN inside a safe lab, as we geeks do anyway 24/7...
Chubbybears: I am at a plateau right now too, I think whenever that happens, it's about being patient and stuffing a lot... It will work out!
Extragalactic: Of course it is You have important FF business to do. There are galactic bulge-shaped and sized bell is here