Another Obligation Fulfilled
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: My Name is Jonas
I'm sorry to everyone for my absence. I would have given you all the details earlier, but there's always the possibility that it could have compromised my safety and what mild anonymity I still carry here. I was in California for the past weekish presenting my research. One more boy obligation out of the way. Not to mention finishing that up has taken away a huge amount of stress I've been carrying for weeks (or months). Apologies to all the women I know from California that I didn't get a chance to catch up. I really would have made plans to visit with some of you if I had had the free time, but unfortunately I was no where near L.A. or San Francisco (more than a hundred miles away from both) and I only had one afternoon and evening free (during which I completely passed out in a chair watching national geographic tv I think). Overall, my trip was mostly uneventful. My presentation was well received and I didn't let down the doc overseeing my work so it was a good experience. I stole a few free moments and trudged through the rain to see an overcast Pacific with my best confidant and favorite sheep Vanco (looking out one of the windows at our hotel here), and then I was back on airplanes for another 14 hour trip back to New York. I now despise airports.

So that's the reason for my absence. I'm catching up on email as I type this and anything I don't finish will be done tomorrow, scouts honor. So if you wrote to me years ago and haven't heard from me yet have faith :-P

"Something in your eyes, makes me want to lose myself,
Makes me want to lose myself, in your arms.
There's something in your voice, makes my heart beat fast.
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life.
If you knew how lonely my life has been,
And how low I've felt so long.
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along,
And change my life the way you've done.

Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I'm on my way back where I come from.
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I'm on my way back where I belong.

A window breaks down a long dark street,
And a siren wails over my head.
But I'm all right, 'cause I have you here with me.
And I can almost see through the dark there's light..."

--Bonnie Raitt