A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

I had a professor in college who was a great inspiration to me. She was a woman in her late 40s, never married, but she had an absolutely brilliant mind. She taught history, but she'd earned her Bachelor's degree in classics and she had a JD degree as well as a PhD in medieval history. He specialty was church law, but she taught medieval and early modern history, as well as some classical history. I completely adored her because she was a tough teacher who didn't take crap from anyone. And she... Sign in to see full entry.

I probably won't be on tomorrow--or, at least not posting. So I'm wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving today and hoping ou all have safe travels to wherever you're going to be. As I write this I'm sitting at a borrowed computer at my parents house, stealing a few moments for myself before the madness begins. I arrived last night by train into Philadelphia. The train was half an hour late getting into Penn Station, and eventually it was over an hour late getting into 30th St. Station in Philly.... Sign in to see full entry.

I go home tomorrow afternoon. I'm torn about my feelings for this holiday. On one hand, I hate seeing family members I din't want to see--including my crazy grandmother. I'll talk about her at another time. But on the other hand, I love the food--especially the oyster stuffing. What's your favorite dish? Last night I went out to dinner with R, the weirdo friend who's applying to med school, and M. Its funny, because my mom really likes M--even though she met him briefly, for a period of about... Sign in to see full entry.

Last night, to (sort of) deal with the pain of losing Henry, I went out with R and some other friends, to a dive bar on the Lower East Side. M was there as well, and let me tell you, it was awkward as anything. I don't know why this is, but for some reason I'm always super-comfortable talking to him on the phone and online--but when we're physically in the same room I get tongue-tied--again. Here was the scope of our conversation: I walk up to the bar, where he's standing waiting to order, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Today my mom had to put Henry down. He had another seizure on Thursday night and afterwards he just wasn't himself--walking into walls and furniture, doing his business indoors, etc. My mom fonally made the difficult decision early this morning when he lost his vision. Henry was in a lot of pain and this was the easiest way. My mom says that when he was given the injection, he was very peaceful. Actually, it was probably a good thing that I didn't go home to say goodbye to him. It would have... Sign in to see full entry.