Belly Shirt and Hot Pants? Not the Way to Go.

As of 6:45 this evening, I will have completed my first week of classes. All is well. I am certain I made the right decision to go back to school. However, I will just say that graduate school is a lot of work.

It could be that I am taking it too seriously. It could also be that I am not. So, I think I will continue to devote my entire days to my studies. Baroque art...fun. Literary criticism...we actually dissected Little Red Riding Hood in class. Greek Tragedy in Tranlsation? Oy vey. I spent 2 hours today taking notes on the introduction to Enuma Elish (the ancient Greek version of the creation of the universe). It only took me an hour to read it then. Hopefully, the other translations will be more straightforward. Kicking my A. Today, anyway.

So that's it. That's my life. I am looking forward to the long weekend. Oh, next week will be a test. I plan to add cooking dinner to my daily schedule. We will have to see how that goes.

Back to School

Well, in just three short hours, I will be back in class...for the first time in more than a decade. I am excited, anxious, enthusiastic, and (pardon the expression) scared shitless. For real. I cannot poo. I know. TMI.

What do we think the kids are wearing to class these days? Do we think it is still hot pants and a belly shirt like it was in my day? Okay, that was my tribute to Jack McFarland. Let's face it. I steal most of my good lines from somewhere. My guess is I will be sporting shorts and a polo shirt of some sort.

So, today I start the study of Baroque Art. Tomorrow, I have Greek Tragedy in Translation and Literary Criticism. In the meantime, I am entertaining myself with a rerun of Dharma and Greg. I wonder what happened to them.

Well, I guess I should go change out of my belly shirt and hot pants and get ready for class. I don't know why, but that makes me laugh.

So Far, So Good

Here he is! We are still obsessed with little Loco Ono.

Where Have You Been?

Okay, a better question might be "Where have I been?" I have not taken my retirement too seriously and extended it to the blog. I was not eaten by Loco...or Lulu...or Fargo...or any of the other beasts in our menagerie. Shlomo and I took a little trip through New England until yesterday.

We started in NYC where we saw Hair in Central Park. Loved it! We then went through the Berkshires to Williamstown, Mass to the theatre festival there. So damn good. Then, we sauntered up through Vermont and New Hampshire on our way to Cape Cod. We had a great time. We ate some great food. We saw some very large whales. We bought some art.

Now I am back. But, I will be honest. Mama Streisand is coming to visit, so I will probably be blogging sporadically until school starts on the 25th. Then, it should pick up again. I will need something to do to aid my procrastination. Let's not kid ourselves. Procrastination will happen. If you knew me then, remember how clean my apartment was in college. That was procrastination, my friends. P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

So I am off to face the unpacking and laundry that I did not do today. And, I have some shipments to track. Oh yeah, Slomo and I were totally out of control with our purchases. So, keep checking back. I will eventually get in my semi-regular routine of posting again.