18 October 2004
back in california
it is cold and chilly in the bay area this morning. it rained at night, and i worried about the little grey cat outside. so much, in fact, that i put out a plastic box and tried to turn it into a little outdoor kennel for him. so he wouldn't get wet. i'm just not sure how much help to give him, because we'll be gone over christmas, and it just ends up stressing me out and worrying me. he already, probably, is dependent on us. do i take him to illinois over christmas? maybe that isn't a bad idea, but i just don't know. or see if my grandma can take care of him? anyways, the whole thing makes my heart ache because i don't want him to freeze.
utah was good. it was exhausting. i arrived there with a brewing flu, made worse by the fact that my roommate also had one, and we hacked and coughed and phlegmed. and i took cold medicine and still presented my friends' paper and mine, and did ok. i enjoyed it quite a bit, actually, catching up with friends. getting a little vigorized in terms of academia. just a little, but, perhaps, enough.
anyways, it is good to be back. i didn't see much of salt lake, but much of the inside of the hotel. we did get a chance to go to the tabernacle choir on friday night, and listened to the first half of mendelsohn's elijah. enjoyed it, for sure, but the acoustics weren't splendiferous, and the building was too hot, so we had to get out at intermission.
otherwise, it was nice to see the big sky and the mountains, not that i got to hike or do anything else fun like that...
and then the flight was delayed on the way home by 2 hours....
but that's it for the moment. i'm going to try and get back into the swing of things, though i have no idea exactly how that will pan out...
still waiting for the first chapter from my ghost writer....
dandlioneyes at 8:55 am