This & That

 Not much to say:

• 11.1 miles this morning.
• Two Capuchin Masses
• My wife has another late night (till 7:30 this time), so I am "baching" it again. (sigh)
• No luck so far in finding my Ukrainian friend's e-mail.
• We had freezing rain overnight and they should have closed the U but did not.  I would have liked to stay in bed.
• I will probably just work until 7:30 here at the U before I head home.  Three hours of "big voice" lecturing and the rest of the day "cyborging" I guess.  
• Late February and early March are the hardest times of the year to get through it seems to me.  And, I think this is both emotionally and physically.  So many, many deaths in my family have occurred during this time frame.  Off the top of my head, I can think of the following deaths that occurred in March... my Dad, three of my uncles, my Mom, three aunts, my Master's Degree Mentor, My Doctoral Degree Mentor, and at least two cousins. There may be some I am forgetting at the moment as well.  
• I do not understand the reasons for the CONTINUING "chip shortage" that is making used vehicles cost more than often when they were new.  Virtually every other commodity has returned to normal production... yet, new vehicles are scantly available and people pay nearly new prices for vehicles 4 and 5 years old now.  

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