Permit Delays Slow Research

Another day, another red‑flagged permit that moves slower than a plankton drift. I keep adding footnotes to the grant form like whispering to coral, yet the reviewers just stare at the numbers. Even in the calm of my lab, isolation feels like a deep‑sea trench, and the bureaucracy remains a distant storm that never lets me take a breath. If the tide had to wait for me, at least I’d have a decent excuse to stay submerged. #oceanatmosphere 🌊