Real Life

It's been a while. I'm semi-sure most people have pretty much stopped checking my blog- but for the rest of you dedicated cats, I'll bring you up to date. Before I start, let me just give a little tangential commentary on campus life. As I sought the career that would fulfill me it was pretty obvious that somehow, some way, I wanted to stay on college campuses. As I look out my office window at this guy who shows up pretty regularly to tie up some rope-like thing to practice tight-rope walking in front of the union (I'm not kidding), I am reminded why. College campuses unite this amazing variety of people for one reason, they want to learn something. Now, of course, they have varying levels of actual dedication to actual learning, but the opportunity to learn is here, and they are here, and that is cool. Tangent done. Oh- except the cool thing is the very variety of the people. I mean come on- you have people from Arkansas who've literally never left Arkansas. Literally. Then you have people from Saudi Arabia who want to learn English. Then you have people from New York who went to Columbia for undergrad but ended up here for grad school. I mean what? It's so sweet, I'm telling you. ANNNND- tangent done.
Ok- so it's been two months and I haven't updated my blog because I've been pretty much just having surgery, being in a lot of pain, going to work and going to doctors and just getting by. That's the very short version. The good news is I think I'm coming out of that valley- so thank the Lord. yay! I'm having to work a lot and catch up a lot and do a lot of physical therapy and that will go on for a long time, but I think I'll be ok and that I'll make it just fine. Thank you all for thinking of me and praying for me...I'm on my way back. Oh- the coool thing that's going on though- is that my good pal meg is sooo throwing me a sweet bday party with a Trailer Trash theme- so don that trashy outfit and meet us at the apt- it'll be ridiculous and fun!
later, effie