1. I am mostly retired to my tee-totaling cocoon these days.
2. I am dry, and to be honest, so is my flow of words. Haven't had too much to say.
3. This hasn't felt like a problem really. Maybe that's a problem.
4. Mostly I think I'm in kind of a liminal place.
5. I sleep for long periods, but still not very well. I think I am more tired lately because I am going to the gym more often and with a renewed intensity of sorts.
6. So overall I am healthier but still observing the changes taking place.
7. I've been reading a lot.
8. I am forced to acknowledge that I could lose my job (simply within the realm of possibility mind you--what is quite certain is that there will be no raises for at least two years possibly longer) as my employer has announced that there will be jobs lost.
9. They announced this on the same day that they announced they were halfway to their record-setting fundraising goal. It would be hard for an observer to avoid the conclusion that the purpose of an academic institution is to grow the endowment at all costs.
10. Things have changed a lot in seven weeks.
