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Ph. had his first lacrosse practice this afternoon.  I don’t know what
\nto think of it; seems like the past several weeks have left me in such a haze
\nthat I can barely keep up.  We squeezed in a brief trip to Dick’s sporting
\ngoods on Saturday to pick up the last few items–mouth piece, padded gloves and
\nso on.    And he’s fourteen now.  Fourteen?  He and D.
\nboth had birthdays this month.  More than a week after returning from San
\nFrancisco, I’m finally settling back into normal sleep habits.  And,
\nnonetheless, my eyes are constantly fogged from fatigue.  Used up most of
\ntoday staying inside from the non-stop rain, writing a five-page essay on
\nemergence, sociality and cognition for a class I have tomorrow, and finishing up
\nsome required reading due later in the week.  D. and I were supposed to
\ncatch up for a trip to the bank, but she got waylaid at work, intercepted long
\nenough that we decided to hold over until Wednesday.  She has a class on
\nMonday nights; just got notice that she’s fully admitted in the program for
\nearly childhood literacy at SU–a promising turn since switching ed.
\ncertifications from Missouri to New York has been nothing short of complicated. 
\nAnd so without the car, Ph. and I walked to Westcott for General Tso’s tofu, two
\negg rolls and a two liter of Faygo Red Pop.  I’d cook, but the restaurant
\nis just two blocks away, and so I figure why not?  Plus, gotta get out of
\nthe house now and then.<\/p>\n

And I heard from the folks at Johns Hopkins to confirm my travel schedule to
\nAlbuquerque for three days in mid-June.  That means I should get back in
\nthe gym and test out my stiff-weak ankle, work it back into good enough shape
\nthat I won’t be embarrassed in ten weeks.  And there’s a CFP due this week,
\nand an hour and forty-five minute gig in Albany coming up in two weeks. 
\nIt’s the time of year when I could use a new battery pack–a shot of juice to
\npull through the last five weeks of the semester, the school year.  But no,
\nit’s nothing much revelatory, nothing I’m alone in feeling (on a rainy Monday in
\nSyracuse, late March), and nothing I can’t overcome just by plodding along on
\nmomentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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