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I can tell by looking at my site meter stats that there are people who actually read this blog fairly regularly that are not personal friends or relatives. That’s kinda cool. It’s also kinda weird. I was just reading through some of the blogs I visit and thinking that I read them because I feel like I have something in common with that person (whether I know them in “real life” or not) and/or they are amusing and brighten up my day. I guess reading about the morass that has been my life of late can make people feel better because you’re life isn’t that screwed up. I have a couple of friends who have been having lives that make me feel like a wuss for whining about my life and it is sort of comforting in an odd way. I guess what I’m trying to say in a round-about way is I hope if I don’t brighten your day with interesting and amusing commentary, I can at least make you feel better because my life more of train wreck than yours. 
I feel kind of disconnected since I’ve was so sick last week. I didn’t touch anything related to class, quals, or any possible diss topic. I only touched enough of work to keep things from catching fire and blowing up on me. I think it was my body’s way of slapping me upside the head and saying “Shut up and sleep! I said sleep, damn you!” It worked. One day I didn’t get out of bed until noon. I woke up to say bye to ChaosGirl when DH took her to day care and fell back asleep within moments. I haven’t done that in probably 3 years. I ate almost nothing because I couldn’t swallow so I think I’ve actually lost a few pounds. I also had no more caffeine than about a half cup of luke-warm coffee each day – which I needed to do anyway as I had gotten to the point where caffeine didn’t affect me. I had my first diet Coke in a week yesterday.
I kind of feel like I fasted and purged and relaxed (all not of my own free will) and have emerged kind of removed from the SchoolWork side of life. I’m not looking forward to going into work tomorrow and trying to get back into the swing of things. Maybe this distance will at least help give me a better perspective on narrowing down the diss and organizing the class I teach in the fall.
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