What She Said

"You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." ~ Dara Torres, Olympic Medalist in Swimming at age 41

First Class

True confession time.

After a week of pretty relentless work and emotional unpleasantness, on a whim and in a moment of weakness I took the airline up on its $50 upgrade offer. I flew home in luxury.

I wish I could do it every time. Amazing what a comfortable seat and plenty of elbow room will do for a person's frame of mind.

Irony alert: this was the first shuttle flight from Boston to DC I've ever been on that arrived fifteen minutes EARLY. So I got to enjoy my expensive seat for a significantly shorter than typical time.

Frozen

I've reached an acme of anomie and procrastinatory paralysis.

I have two papers due tomorrow, one big and one small, and find myself incapable of doing either. The sheer irony is that I got a congratulatory phone message from WTS yesterday, which means that apparently they've decided to admit me as a degree student.

I'd like to blame my incapacity on Satan, but I suspect it's all on me.