However, ol' Tom Lefler's recent retirement in the ol' TMA department left an office vacancy. Tenure, or a chronological seniority that stands regardless of whether I've ever actually done anything over there, meant that that vacancy was mine to fill if I wanted it. Should we? We shall!
So over the course of this summer we downsized a bit, got rid of some stuff, and then rolled what was left on upstairs.
Well. It turns out that the vacant spot on the HFAC's 5th floor is actually A Room with a View, with all that that phrase implies and portends. We're only weeks in now, but oh what a change! This beautiful new space is forcing a reassessment of all that had gone before. It's like we'd been in some kind of ancient Greek cave for all that time!
This leaves us with some troubling questions. Was all that went before just a big waste? And is it too late to make anything of this so-called career?
I sit. I reflect. I turn on some music while the early daylight radiates softly through the window. I start to feel comfortably sleepy. You know? Who cares about any of all that?! Zz-zz ...
