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Sep. 23rd, 2006 04:28 pmI am really tired of bitching about how tired I am in my LJ entries. Let's just take as a given that I am exhausted and need sleep and then I'll tell you when that's no longer the case, 'k? Last night, for some reason that eludes me now, I got so squeeful and excited by the SGA going-into-break episode that I stayed in glee!chat with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
smittywing et al until 1:30. WTF was I thinking?
One really fantastic thing about the security process I'm going through right now (OK, frankly, the ONLY fantastic thing about the process) is that I'm getting back in touch with people I was close to almost 10 years ago, and it's so wonderful to hear from them all again. I discovered this week that one of them is actually here in DC now, and so I should be able to see him very soon. We have a lead on another old friend in Seattle, someone who'd pretty much fallen off the radar, and I'm hoping to see him and his wife when we're on that side of the continent in April. Two other old friends from the department, who eventually married and have been working in Mexico, are moving this way shortly to take new university jobs. And an old friend called from New Mexico this morning, prodded into action by emails and missed phone calls over the last several weeks, and it was wonderful to talk to her. She actually submitted her tenure portfolio a few months ago and DAMN, how is it possible that some of us are already up for tenure review?
I've not really moved around a whole lot in my life, but I've been active enough that there have been a lot of people who've been important to me one year and gone the next. Most of the time I'm really quite OK with that - it's all about enjoying the people who are around you when they are and moving on when they're not. Marc and I have been married for almost 13 years and that relationship has given my life as much structure and stability as I've wanted, really - I don't like it when things are too staid and predictable. But every once in a while, particularly at the changing of the seasons, it's such a special kind of joy to hear from people I've cared about and to know that they're still out there doing their thing and thinking of me fondly, just as I think of them.
smittywing et al until 1:30. WTF was I thinking?One really fantastic thing about the security process I'm going through right now (OK, frankly, the ONLY fantastic thing about the process) is that I'm getting back in touch with people I was close to almost 10 years ago, and it's so wonderful to hear from them all again. I discovered this week that one of them is actually here in DC now, and so I should be able to see him very soon. We have a lead on another old friend in Seattle, someone who'd pretty much fallen off the radar, and I'm hoping to see him and his wife when we're on that side of the continent in April. Two other old friends from the department, who eventually married and have been working in Mexico, are moving this way shortly to take new university jobs. And an old friend called from New Mexico this morning, prodded into action by emails and missed phone calls over the last several weeks, and it was wonderful to talk to her. She actually submitted her tenure portfolio a few months ago and DAMN, how is it possible that some of us are already up for tenure review?
I've not really moved around a whole lot in my life, but I've been active enough that there have been a lot of people who've been important to me one year and gone the next. Most of the time I'm really quite OK with that - it's all about enjoying the people who are around you when they are and moving on when they're not. Marc and I have been married for almost 13 years and that relationship has given my life as much structure and stability as I've wanted, really - I don't like it when things are too staid and predictable. But every once in a while, particularly at the changing of the seasons, it's such a special kind of joy to hear from people I've cared about and to know that they're still out there doing their thing and thinking of me fondly, just as I think of them.
