Far Too Many Things (or) When They Come, They Come at Once - They're Coming

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I have a lot on my mind right now.

And in this case, I think "on" is actually the right preposition to use.

Normally, when someone says she has "a lot on her mind," she means that she has a lot in her mind - that her brain is full of thoughts and ideas, or anxieties, or unaccomplished tasks.  I have little to worry me right now, and the inside of my

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In regards to Oberlin, there is a quote from B5 that I love and that seems very appropriate.
”I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station, when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.” - G’Kar (“Objects in Motion”)

When I think back on Macalester, there is often a place in my chest that aches, physically. Most of why I desperately want to go back is the people, but they are scattered to the four winds; even at my wedding, we won't manage to gather them all back to us. I'm desperately glad for the internet, and the contact that it brings me, but this text on the page is only a pale substitute for the people I love.
I miss you.

Congrats on the running, though! Yeah, I scoffed at the $150 cook's clogs until I discovered that they were the only thing that kept my ankles from hurting. And I scoffed at the $200 bike shoes that clip into the pedals until I discovered how much faster I can go in them. Zoom! There are definitely cases where those pricey ridiculous things at REI are actually worth the stupid amounts of money you spend on them.
Also, I have discovered that biking is less expensive than car commuting, but not by as much as you might think. Still, much more fun. Again, I say, zoom!

[chesh]

I neglected to log in. Whoops.

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I miss you too! I went to see Sarah Pagni in New York last weekend and we talked about you. Do you have the telephone? Shall we talk for real like actual people? I realize that you are getting married and I somehow missed this and that I haven't heard your voice in three years. So yeah! Let's... fix that.

A.