You know what’s enough to get me to blog again? Oh, that I missed wishing Freddie Mercury a happy birthday yesterday. So hard to believe that he would have been 63 this year. I think he would wear the years with grace and style though, don’t you?
I feel like I should write one of those “What I Did On My Summer Vacation” essays for all of you. Let’s see, what did I do? I missed Joe, of course. And then I found a little guy who needed my help because his owner was abusive. So we welcomed him into our home:
His first rescuer named him Nutmeg, then his foster family called him Shoyu, but I thought he was more of a Charlie, so that’s his new name. He had a little bit of an adjustment settling in, but every day he’s more at ease with us and torments Freddie a fraction of a millimeter less. But when I see Charlie harassing Freddie, I realize Joe probably sent him to us as revenge on Freddie. And I’m okay with that.
My office also moved to a new building, and there has been a hell of a lot of adjustment from that, let me tell you. We’re finally settling in, but it will be nice when the new building is finally finished. Which, at the rate they’re going will probably be in ten years.
And then last week I started classes for an MA in history. I’m struggling a bit with getting back in the academic groove (I’ve been working on what should have been a simple one page article summary for a couple of hours now because I’m not used to formal writing anymore), especially while living with Rick. Relationships didn’t phase my first two degrees at all (because for large portions of both degrees I wasn’t in one), but it’s interesting trying to figure out time to study and write without neglecting Rick. Of course, he’s got his own adjustment going on because he started a new day job last week, and that’s been quite a change for him. We’ll work through everything, I’m sure, but in the meantime it’s still a little strange. But also in the meantime, I’ve got this stupid summary to write, so I’m going to get back to that. Hope you all are well, and thanks for the emails prodding me back into blogging!
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I saw a clip on VH1 classic last night that it was Freddie’s birthday and my first thought was “Where’s Julie’s birthday post?” And here it is! New cat looks very cool. It was very humanitarian of you to adopt him.
Being in the middle of an MBA with a wife and kids, I’d recommend just scheduling “school” time and stick to it. This way, Rick knows what part of your day is dedicated to school and you can pay attention to him the rest of the time. That worked pretty well for me the last semester.
Tell Rick good luck on the new job!
Good luck with the degree. I’m starting back on a degree in higher education and I feel your pain. My hints: special study spot and study hours and ask everyone help you stick with them.