It's been a while since I've written. Lots of things going on, you know. When life gets complicated it's hard to keep up an online journal; your focus is on the world, not the screen. And I don't have one of those jobs that requires me to stare at a computer all day, so it's an effort.

Things seem to be settling down a bit now. I've become interested in religion; I'm reading Huxley and Henri Bergson, and realizing how little I know about it all. Maybe this is what I should be doing, instead of philosophy. When I come back, that is. I'm getting more and more confident in my decision to leave graduate school, at least for a while. I need to find some things out, develop a perspective, figure out who I am. So I'm going to find some teachers. After all, if D.F. can do it with physics, I can do it with metaphysics. Somebody out there will take me as a student; maybe a number of somebodies. Starting with the Chicago Buddhist Temple.

And, incidentally, I just might be able to afford a class in Reiki this month. I'd like to be certified; I think I'd be pretty good at it if I knew what I was doing. And maybe it'd open up some job possibilities.

The holidays, I should say, were alternatively stressful and restful. Just the usual ordeal. But classes don't start until next Monday, so I have this whole week to *really* rest. And think. I need to think.