One of these things is not like the others...

I know it's been a while, but there have been some good reasons for not posting. First, I've been completely overwhelmed at work with a lot of projects, which is a good thing in this toilet economy, but a bad thing for those of us who used to take 20 minutes or so out of the day to update our blogs. And out of respect for my dear ones who have been casualties of the downturn, I feel like it's almost a bitchy thing to blog about my stupid/kvetchy issues when they have so much more to worry about - believe me, I've been there.

Second, I've been sick for about three weeks with a sinus bugaboo which has been more of a pain in the ass than an actual illness, but just the same it's preventing me from sleeping adequately, and on the nights I do actually get some sleep, I get hit with numerous fever dreams which are so scary and soul-shaking (plane crashes, being trapped inside burning houses, big old jet air-o-liners hitting burning buildings, I could continue but you get the picture) that I usually have trouble functioning the next day. Not exactly conducive to creativity, or anything else other than getting through the day, going to that night's meeting or class, and then going home to eat leftover casserole in front of Law & Order repeats.

But anyway...it's been a pretty crazy few weeks. I was sick for Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday, which I love because it involves no religion whatsoever. And also, and quite wonderfully, I have reconnected via Facebook with a number of former classmates from elementary school. I can't even begin to tell you what this has meant to me, since those were probably the happiest years of my childhood - way happier than when I ended up in public school. For your amusement, here's a scene from spring of 1978. Can you spot the Jew?



More to come...back to work.