A little hyperbole there - we were barely glanced by the tropical storm. However on a professional level, it's been fairly treacherous here the last few months. I won't bore you with the details, mostly because they are too depressing to discuss. However, for an example of the last few months, I was at a meeting with the Provost of the University recently when he likened a faculty member's concern (which truly was a petty issue) to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. The man who runs my University feels that we are on a sinking ship - hmmmm - time for a job search?
Things are still incredibly unstable here, but I'm trying to remind myself that my mother is right - things usually happen the way they are supposed to - even if it doesn't fit my personal timeline or plan. I won't tell you that I completely have my mental state back to a good place, but I'm working on getting it there.
