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Alone Time

Alone Time

This week my husband is out of town for work, so I’m all alone in the house. This has happened before, but I always dread not having him here. Sleeping alone, coming home to an empty house, and worse—not knowing where he is or if […]

Back Off and Leave my Otium Alone!

Lately, several people have mentioned to me that I need to ‘get involved’ with different activities, and it has really started to bug me.  To give just one example, about a week ago, another graduate student I know was pressuring me to join the organizing […]