Terrible day...worked for several hours and we are no further along than when I went in this morning. Actually, we went in reverse. Not only did we not produce anything, we came out disliking each other. Tomorrow has to be better.

Emory visit was wonderful. I felt like I was coming home. So many memories from my undergraduate years there. I will be filling the paperwork out after I get through this month so I can get started on the prep work and be prepared for next August, assuming I am accepted. They say to expect 15-20 hours a week of class work but I am actually excited about that...Iam ready to think again!
Reading through the blogs on these sites is like being able to peek in a stranger's window only you get to know what they are thinking as well. , not just doing. Since I have A LOT of travel essay books, I think these blogs are somewhat like ongoing, live travel essays. A different viewpoint, changing daily experiences, cultural oddities (including my own!)...I guess what I am trying to say/write is I enjoy voyeurism lite.

I love this illustration. It was a rare tulip that is now extinct. Semper Augustus. It was the most expensive tulip sold in the Netherlands during the tulip craze in the 17th century. They have now bred one that is very similiar called Semper Maxima.

My son is watching a cartoon in the living room while I blog. I love that he, at the age of 17, will still spend time watching a Disney movie occasionally. Most of the time he is texting with friends, playing computer or video games or chatting online. To see him belly laughing at a cartoon gives me deep pleasure that my little baby is still in there somewhere. So, I think I will go join him. I could use a belly laugh.

Insomnia...if I have it in the iddle of the work week I really don't like it. Crabbiness and just a general feeling of being on edge for the day result. On the week-end, when I know I can go back to sleep for hours, it is an unexpected pleasure. I can read, wander the house, even go outside and walk around the neighborhood. It gives me time for introspection and a sense that I am living my life outside the boundaries. Which makes me wonder about people who live their life outside the boundaries every day. Do you still get the sense of enjoyment, if you do the unexpected every day? Someday I would like to find out.