I know that I must be sending out powerful waves about my emotional state right now. .   not just through this blog or my conversations.. but through the ether somehow. Just as my tank gets low.. folks show up to fill it back up.   Friends have been calling and emailing me throughout the last few days with friendly encouragement and support. Today I was thinking about contacting a friend  in IBM HR to talk about how I keep from screwing up IBM while I’m not working at my best.. No sooner did I think of her name.. than she calls me on the phone.. What’s strange is we’ve never spoken by phone directly before.. it’s too strange even to call it a coincidence…  It’s pretty cool..

 

Midday I had to run home to pick up some visa pictures from Diane. On the way I stopped by Crate Escape to say ‘Hi’ to Chai who was spending the day there for some play time. As soon as I walked near the enterance the whole place exploded into barking. I could hear Chain thinking ‘Dad.. do you have to embarrass me like this ? )

 

  

Not too much else to relate about today.. I was somewhat productive.. but in a stuck in first gear sort of way.. Lots of effort.. small forward progress.   The high point of the day was an after work meeting of VOMIT (Vermont‘s Own M. I. T. club) at Good Times Café in Hinesburg. What a great place to eat !. It was great seeing the VOMIT crowd.. I haven’t seen them since Sam’s passing. It’s such a fun and eclectic group.. I love working with them.

One thing we discussed was next years MIT Teacher Scholarship. Every year we send one deserving Vermont Math or Science teacher to SEPT summer camp at MIT.. it’s a great program.  .. so please let me know if you know of a very deserving Math/Science high school teacher we should consider.

 

One other thing I got done today was to make reservations with United to use frequent flier miles to  take Diane and Gabe with me to India on a trip I need to take in October.. Our plan is to stay in Bangalore for a week then take vacation in Kerala on the sooth coast (Any recommendations from folks who’ve been there ?) The only routing we could find was Burlington -> Chicago->LA -> Singapore -> Bangalore -> Kochi -> Bangalore -> Frankfort -> Washing SC -> BTV.. so we’ll literally be going around the globe.

It will be a Loooong trip.. but I’m looking forward to the together time.. Gabe and Diane are excited too.  It will be very interesting..

 

I’ll end with a wonderful movie that Max just sent us for our Anniversary.. I love it… I love that boy.

G’nite  al.. g’nite Sam

 -me

 

ps. Thought folks would enjoy a look at the mutant tomato we plucked from the garden yesterday.