Where Was I?

This is my second attempt at narrative. 

 

   It's been a little while since my last post. 10,000 pardons begged! So, where was I? Well, strange as it may sound, I was busy. I have endeavored to avoid being busy of late, realizing that being busy is merely a vain attempt to control an overpowering universe--but more on that later maybe. A couple of regular medical appointments, housework projects (including training the new robot vacuum), grocery shopping, a couple of long walks, tidying up a messy computer, the list goes on with the mundanities (if that isn't a word, it should be) of life. 

   My Doktorvater, i.e., dissertation adviser, was in town for Thanksgiving with in-laws, and we met up for lunch. I learned that a friend I was in grad school with died from brain cancer, receiving the diagnosis just two weeks after going to NYC to receive a highly prestigious fellowship. He went very quickly and never had the change to use the fellowship. Also the husband of one of my profs died from ALS shortly after diagnosis, the fastest developing case the doctors had ever seen.  It's only been a couple of years since they retired. Indeed, my Doktovater himself lost his wife just a couple of years after they retired.

   So, I guess I should be happy with being busy... and for that matter alive at this point. And the mundane has become, frequently, warm and familiar, like an old fuzzy coat on a cold day, something comforting to put on, but you wouldn't want to wear it all the time. Time... that of course is also involved. I want to write something on time soon (don't worry, I'll keep Einsteinian Relativity to a minimum).

   Anyway, that's what I've been up to. I will endeavor to be more prodigious in posting... maybe a couple of nice pics of Old Town Alexandria?

   Toodles.