wow, talk about hitting the ground running this fall. We eased into the first week of school, Ryder very excited about being in 1st grade and pleased to be in the after school program with the other kids. He went from 3 hours of kindergarten a day, to 8 hours of school and after school program. He seems to be adjusting quite well to school, but he and I are both having a harder time adjusting to having his mom working so much. We miss her!Her 12 hour Monday and Wednesdays make for even longer days for her. I so admire how she has taken all this on and soldiers through-- teaching at two colleges and working as a consultant at UIC, wow, too much. And of course last week really set me back. The two day ordeal of colonoscopy post longest run of the year was just the start. On Thursday we flew to Charlottesville for a wedding and returned Sunday evening. Then back to the grind, only more ill prepared for everything this week, and tired, too. Our flight out of Chicago was delayed by over three hours stranding us in the waiting area for five hours, making it a very long day by the time we landed in Richmond, got our rental car and drove to C'ville. We rented a mini-van to provide shuttle craft service for the assembled family. It was, in fact, the first time I'd ever driven a mini-van. Pretty nice ride with satellite radio etc. Less than a half tank of gas though cost $40 to refill. ouch. Friday I visited UVA and realized that I will forever be known as an andrologist. Everyone I know in science knows me for my Leydig cell work. I have yet to break into the ovarian cancer world. A whole new cohort for sure. But it is good to be known for something I suppose. And these relationships transcend science-- I have known my friends at UVA for nearly 20 years and truly we are friends. The tour of the grounds and seeing Mister Jefferson's university was very cool. The rotunda is awesome and all the southern bells, well, a fine sight too. C'ville, as the locals call it, is a very nice place indeed, quite a college town, an island of liberality in the heart of the red state. Lots of hippie types intermixed with the Greeks, rastas and sun dresses with high heels, frat boys in khaki shorts long sleeved white shirts and neckties drunk on their butts, and tatoo-pierced dreaklocked hairy underarmed delights, all strolling about the historic downtown mall. Nice hills too. I had a great run on Sunday, up up up and then back down. Feeling pretty good about the running now. The wedding was at Ash-Lawn James Madison's estate, but the big deal there is Monticello, Jefferson's plantation. As Ryder declared on our tour-- "impressive!" indeed it was.
and now back to work, curriculum night, soccer, gymnastics, riding back and forth to work through the big ugly my sanctimonious escape and simultaneous exercise and commute. Not a bad combination. It was COLD this morning, but we haven't seen anything yet. 44 degrees? a taste of what is right around the corner. it tastes pretty good too after the big heat of August, and the 90s of C'ville. Autumn is the most beautiful season of the year.
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