Academia is a cyclical job; there are natural ebbs and flows during the course of a year. For Finals Week, there’s a ‘dead week’ where one could walk the length of the quad and not interact with anyone or even be seen. There are markers for the summer – the start of ‘concerts on the quad’, the bands of america week, Shakespeare festival, etc. For all the peace of the summer, there is the great equalizer known as ‘August’. In the modern era of IT work it seems that August is full of ‘last minute’ projects, tying up loose ends and dropping off the face of the earth for a while.

The problem is this year if I ignore life till my birthday (usually when I unearth from the issues) I’m going to miss alot, and I do mean alot. Aidan’s first grade year is going to start and we’re doing Astronomy (which I’m super excited about), our homestudy will most likely start, and I’ve got me a half marathon to run. So, things to do, blog posts to write, people to see.

BTW, the photo was taken outside Williams Hall on campus by George Wiman; loved it. What was funny was a half a second prior to this, I was chiding Wes Shinault to stop laughing because I was laughing and wanted to look ‘serious’. One must be angst ridden to sit in front of a door like that.