Dentist and various things
I am home from a two hour trip to the dentist. It didn't exactly hurt as I asked for "happy gas." But two hours (two crowns and a cavity) is a long time to keep your mouth open with four strange hands in your mouth. I feel a bit beat up and a tiny bit woozy. So I will just relax and recover. In an hour or so I may even change my clothes and go to the gym.
Last weekend, I went to Homecoming at Alma, always a strange experience. We walked around campus, went to the game. The band was fantastic, the football not so much. When we got cold and when we reached thirty points points behind, we left the stadium and wandered to the warmth of the library. Dave had never been before. Things had changed a bit and Dave had never been in it before. But on the other hand things had not changed that much, despite two additions to the building. I found the children's lit. collection and two seconds and it was a mess, needed shelf reading so....being me, I sat on the floor and began to put it back in order. (Here, I will admit it took a minute to remember how to do Library of congress, but only a minute.)
"Not your problem, dear," Dave said. "Not your job anymore..." I continued rearranging. "Step away from the shelves. Now. You cannot keep every collection in the world in order." I supposed he was right. I left in neater but not perfect.
It felt good to be back on campus. It was such a nice place to grow up. I didn't see a soul I knew, not even an old professor. (But then, it has been 37 years since I graduated. --Hush! I'm not that old.) The kids seemed so very young. le sigh.
Okay, I'm going to go and read for an hour and see if I can feel my face again by then.
Last weekend, I went to Homecoming at Alma, always a strange experience. We walked around campus, went to the game. The band was fantastic, the football not so much. When we got cold and when we reached thirty points points behind, we left the stadium and wandered to the warmth of the library. Dave had never been before. Things had changed a bit and Dave had never been in it before. But on the other hand things had not changed that much, despite two additions to the building. I found the children's lit. collection and two seconds and it was a mess, needed shelf reading so....being me, I sat on the floor and began to put it back in order. (Here, I will admit it took a minute to remember how to do Library of congress, but only a minute.)
"Not your problem, dear," Dave said. "Not your job anymore..." I continued rearranging. "Step away from the shelves. Now. You cannot keep every collection in the world in order." I supposed he was right. I left in neater but not perfect.
It felt good to be back on campus. It was such a nice place to grow up. I didn't see a soul I knew, not even an old professor. (But then, it has been 37 years since I graduated. --Hush! I'm not that old.) The kids seemed so very young. le sigh.
Okay, I'm going to go and read for an hour and see if I can feel my face again by then.