I have officially returned to Chicago, at the last minute, as usual, since classes begin tomorrow. Specifically, tomorrow at 8:30 AM, which, as you all know, is far, far too early for this little ferret, especially for this little ferret to be translating Middle Egyptian. (*Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy* "Professor aren't we ever going to read anything about a ferret, huh huh huh?????" Yep, there's a way to get excused from class....) Also tomorrow I will do battle with everyone else needing a refund check from the Bursar and everyone needing books for courses that somehow never seem to have book orders placed on time/at all. The rampant ferrret shall be victorious! Or I will dance on their pitiful heads! (Has everyone picked up on the sleep deprivation yet? That's a damn long drive from StarkVegas.)
I have also come to the conclusion that despite my lack of a life insurance policy, I'm worth more dead than alive - perhaps I should start a PayPal account for donations - "Adopt a Pet Archaeologist: I'll babble endlessly about small bits of ancient garbage and dance gleefully at the sight of ruins. Only $9.95/month. (Bull whip and fedora package an additional $5.95.)"
Oh, wait a second - I own my car now. Wait, no...loans. Yep, Tom should kill me and have done with it, it would be cheaper in the long run, even with the legal fees and prison term. Oh well - at least, so far as I know, the Federal Government hasn't been repossessing brains from people who default on their educational loans. Or have they.............