12/2: mostly practicalities

I started the day at a deficit:  I didn't fall asleep until 2:30 a.m. and needed to get up at 5:30.  But I worked through lots of tasks nonetheless:  course preparation, hotel reservations, flight booking, emails, various meetings, a haircut, pharmacy refills, baking to use some blueberries before they went off, and getting pamphlets ready to mail.  I did have a little freedom to think on my drive to school, when I meditated on a Medusa painting--not Caravaggio's, but one I like better (it used to be attributed to Leonardo da Vinci but is now thought to be by a Flemish painter). And soon I can go to bed and try to catch up on Zzzzzs.