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Day 230: Apportion
Sufficient unto the day are the committee meetings thereof. It’s been a long first day of meetings at the university, and tomorrow will be the first day of classes. It is also the first day of school for my kids. … Continue reading
Day 227: Tarry
OK, here we are–it’s the last weekend before classes start, for me and for my kids. I know there are things around my house that need my attention, but I think our time will be better spent between now and … Continue reading
Day 209: Settle
Settle is one of those words that has a bad reputation. As in: settling for less. But what I have in mind here is something more like: settle into. Or better yet: settle down. There are boxes everywhere, but slowly … Continue reading
Day 207: Assess
Well, here we are again at 2am, blogging in an empty house. Almost empty, that is. I’ve completely cleared out the upstairs, plus everything downstairs, with the exception of the kitchen and the living room. And I need to pack … Continue reading
Day 206: Hunker
Well, it’s not exactly camping, but I am “roughing it” in a way–I’m back at our house in Atlanta for (hopefully) the final weekend of clear out and clean up. There’s no furniture left, so I’m sleeping on a sleeping … Continue reading
Day 205: Sail
I bought my daughter a kite today on the ride back home from work. Yes, it was a frivolous thing to buy, and I’m perfectly fine with that. As far as I can recall, in all of my purging over … Continue reading
Day 201: Unload
Can I collapse again, please? Seriously–lately it has been a challenge to “keep it simple,” and a bigger challenge to keep from feeling overwhelmed. Today, I returned to our home in Atlanta with my two younger kids. Our goal was … Continue reading
Day 98: Accelerate
I had a conversation with a realtor today, the second in two days. She is an old friend of ours–she actually sold us the house we are living in now. As we were discussing the possibility of putting our house … Continue reading
Day 91: File
OK–today’s post may win the award for the least “enlightened” entry to date. I’ve been wrestling for the last half hour with some clever way to work Thoreau into this blog post as an ironic point of contrast–but it all … Continue reading
Day 87: Pause
Nobody should have to spend seven hours in meetings…. But that was my day. It was draining, to say the least… even though we got good work done, and even though we managed to make some progress on some intractable … Continue reading
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