My stomach is filled to its brim in preparation for atonement. I'm putting off Kol Nidre, just a tad, but to no avail, for I'm basically out of food. Planned it this way.

Things are starting to make a bit more sense around here. It helps to think less about how far away I am, and how I brought this upon myself, and more about simply being in a place, for a period of time. And I'll make of it what I will.

There's a paper I promised I'd finish by Halloween, and I'd like to nail it to the wall prior to my departure for Moscow on Thursday. So I've been spending large chunks of free time in undergraduate gear. Which explains the fever pitch of Facebook activity. Now you know.