Veja du

My www.freewillastrology.com horoscope tells me that this week I may experience the exact opposite of Deja vu: Veja du. The inexplicable feeling that you have never experienced this moment before.

The hosting of big-name Microbiology speaker Dr. Jeff Gordon (yes, like the Nascar driver) went extremely well. Dr. Gordon was simply a delight, and a sci-fi fan to boot. He gave a fantastic seminar. The confession I must make is that I have little concept of how huge he is in the field of microbiology, but I can tell from everyone around me that he is indeed so well known that people fight to get to talk to him. So, sitting across the table from a legend in the field, riding behind him on the car to the airport and talking about mopeds and Star Trek. . . it was pretty surreal. And for a group of students who have never organized a guest speaker together before, we did so well that at least Roger and I took most of the rest of the day off.

I count that as my big blessing for today. I have joked that he is my psuedo-Sam, because he has the balls to be a bastard when he wants, but also is one of the most caring people I know. There is only one Sam, and there is only one Roger. Roger works so damn hard I rarely get to see him, and usually that's with a group of people. We don't get much quality time to chat. But today we dropped Dr. Gordon off at the Dane County Airport and then went to Starbucks for coffee. We sat and just talked and talked for some time. Depressing things and happy things. I am really thankful for it.

For now, life is weighed heavy with exciting things for me, and maybe drama all around. It's so near the holidays and so much is happening. I'm just trying to do right by everyone, but it isn't always easy. I'll just keep trying.

Hope everyone is having a nice holiday!
-Amber-