Thank you!

[taylweaver]

I found out this afternoon that, around 2AM this morning, a number of my friends were shooting e-mails back and forth trying to figure out if there was any way they could get themselves out to Teaneck to be there for me. So I just want to say thank you to all of you, and also to let you know that I was also awake at 2 AM, but what were the rest of you doing up so late? But seriously, it feels wonderful to know that all of you care so deeply.

That having been said, you should know that there really is no need for you to come out to Teaneck, especially if it is so logistically difficult. If I weren't so free this week in terms of my own responsibilities, I would be returning to the city tomorrow evening. Because I have only one class this week (too soon after the funeral to get back for, so I'm missing it anyway) and because I have no student teaching responsibilities anymore, I was free to stay in Teaneck and be helpful to my parents.

But thank you so much for thinking of me and trying so hard to find a way to be there for me. Especially at 2 AM.

Anyway, no updates right now, and I will have less e-mail access starting tomorrow, since the neighbors' wireless is only available in the dining room, where I will not be able to check e-mail once shiva starts. (Dial-up does not sound like fun.) That having been said, I do plan to check my e-mail at least once tomorrow, and if you want to call, you are, of course, welcome to.

And I have to say, this whole blog thing is rather intriguing: the idea that I can just put information out there, and passively let everyone know what's doing, without sending out an e-mail to a specific list of people. It's like posting a message on a bulletin board in a busy hallway and hoping people will stop to check it on their way from Point A to Point B, at their leisure, because they want to know, instead of getting on the loudspeaker and making an announcement so that everyone has to listen, whether they care or not. There's something nice about that. Maybe because it's less intrusive. Maybe because the people on the other end have to put in a bit of effort and choose to read/listen.

Anyway, it's interesting.

Comments

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

I wish I could be there too. Alas, I was not among the email shooters, and I won't be on the East Coast ... for two and a half weeks? How did it get so late? How on earth am I going to finish my work this semester? In any case, I will be home on May 18, and I feel sure I will see you somehow in late May or early June.

Be well and give my thoughts to your family.

[mbarr.livejournal.com]

Well.. since I don't know you.. it's my fault :-)

And as for why we were up at 2am.. well.. that's a silly question if she thought about it :-)

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

That's all right. I'm in California, so somehow I don't think I could have used the same transportation mechanisms you would have used to get to Teaneck.

[mbarr.livejournal.com]

Well.. you'd probably have taken the bus, eventually. :-)

As an aside.. Milliways is.. well.. evil. It rots my brain. Now off to watch SA&B. or BSG. can't decide. too many fandoms!

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Oh, Milliways rotted my brain a long time ago. I don't miss it anymore. :) (taylweaver, Milliways is that RPG I keep talking about.)

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

Thanks for translating. It is a bit disconcerting when I don't understand a side-conversation on my own blog...

And by the way, your visit home is just after I graduate, so that should make it easier to get together.

-Rachel