history meme

[rosaw]

It was twenty years ago today...

TWENTY YEARS AGO I was just at the end of my first year of college. I loved it.

TEN YEARS AGO I was applying to PhD programs and visiting Yale, Brown, Drew and University of Chicago. Many bad choices were both avoided and made. I'm back at Claremont (where I started graduate school -- >20 and <10 years ago)

FIVE YEARS AGO I was taking my qualifying exams for my PhD in the History of Xnty.

THREE YEARS AGO I had my first full-team teaching job, teaching college students all about religion and secular humanism in America at a local small liberal arts college.

ONE YEAR AGO I was teaching part-time and starting to seriously wonder if I will ever (be allowed to) finish my dissertation.

YESTERDAY I went to the movies and hung out with dear friends.

TODAY I'm stressing out about my very sick diabetic cat. We had an emergency vet run and his time may be (and probably is) short.

TOMORROW I'll be at work and still trying not to think about my sweet cat, my lack of dissertation progress and the approach of summer.

Comments

[cereta.livejournal.com]

{{Hugs}} to you and your kitty.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear about your kitty. I've just been going through a scary time with mine, and for a while there I thought I was going to lose her. At one point, I couldn't tell if she was breathing and I actually thought I had. She's doing much much better now, and running the household again -- I will keep my fingers crossed that you will get more time with yours, too.

[slb44.livejournal.com]

Ah, such sad news about your kitty. It's so damn difficult when stuff like this happens. I went through something very similar a couple of years back and surprisingly we managed to keep the big guy around for about eighteen months and we cherished every day of that time.

Major kitty prayers heading your way.

twenty years ago...

[sherrold.livejournal.com]

I had just dropped out of college for the second time. And I had no idea that you were in my future.

Five years ago, I vividly remember you taking your quals. I sent flowers, but I really wanted to send myself.

I'm so sorry to hear that he's worse, honey. We just heard that Roo is in endstage kidney failure -- which is really putting a pall over our trip planning. But they've assured us that she's as healthy as could be expected, and we're crossing our fingers.

Here's luck to both Calvin and Hobbes, and to you two too, okay?

S--

[strangerian.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm just not going backwards today. Am stomping forward with occasional pauses.

The cat news is sad, and I'm so sorry to hear it. You don't need to lose a friend. (Cats love you because you feed them, but it's love all the same. Especially when they come and pet you or vice-versa just because they can.) Best wishes for more time with both kitties.

Love, Stranger

thanks

[rosawestphalen.livejournal.com]

Your warm wishes are much appreciated. Hobbes has an unerring ability to get sick when his very own vet is on vacation. He hates her but I really trust her over all others we have seen. Today brings no significant changes here, though my current speculation is that he is having an insulin reaction and that's exacerbating whatever other troubles he's having. I'm waiting for a call back from one of the inferior, yet not on vacation, vets. He's comfortable, if still terribly unhappy.