Tonight begins my 5 week sabbatical from work. Of course, there are still a few loose ends to wind up for the office before I completely let go, but a sense of peace and space and time have already begun to shroud me.

I was supposed to be in Cincinnati tonight, visiting my parents. But that didn’t happen because Rami Noodle had another urinary tract emergency and ended up in the hospital. So I’m staying around to nurse the cat back to health before we go on the big trip.