Monday, May 23, 2005

 

Eureka!

Last week I was vacuuming under the bed for the first time in a year, and I found myself, hidden amongst the dust bunnies and long lost and forgotton socks.

"Well there you are!" I said to myself. "What have you been doing hiding under here?"

"Are the final exams over?"

"Yes. For almost a week now."

"Did we pass? Do we get to go on to third year?"

"Yes, with flying colors. GPA is intact."

"But. . .aren't there some 5th or 6th forms of pemphigus we need to study? More manifestations of amorphus globosus? More viral membrane proteins to memorize?"

"No--no more studying 20 hours a day. Like I said, the semester is over. We did good. It's safe to come out, at least for the next three months or so. Okay?"

"Ummm. . ."

"I made cookies."

". . .Really?"

"Yes."

"What kind?"

"Our favorite."

"Hmm. . .Okay."

After I coaxed myself out of the hole, myself and I joined forces and decided to gorge on oatmeal-raisin-chocolate chip cookies, sleep and watch movies in the dark of our studio apartment, then later in the week we decided to re-join civilization.

Blogging hadn't resumed until now because the body had to recover before the brain was ready to function again--so I went out and got some fresh air and exercise. I went to work last week and tried to sit down to write a column, but I just couldn't. The juice had been drained. I was wishing for a mindless job pushing buttons in some factory or office with an ocean view. Friday I was finally able to muster together enough brain cells to write a couple columns.

So me, myself and I have fused back into one, and I'm almost back full-force now.

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