And there is this:

At the tender age of 48 49, my spouse has returned to the University as a full-time graduate student.

This means many things: big changes from a lifestyle standpoint; a much different schedule; a shift in the intellectual landscape when it comes to what he's reading at night.  He's never home; he's gone vegetarian; I now suspect he loves me for my staff parking pass as much as he loves me as the bearer of his child.

But the thing I'm REALLY dwelling on this month:  his sweet, sweet, health insurance coverage as a GSRA.  For serious, every time I think about it, I am practically lying on the ground sideways bicycling my legs while making crazy yipping noises.

And More Topics!

Again, the chance of me writing the entries themselves?  Bordering on 9%.

BUT HERE ARE THINGS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT:

• The growing problem of student loans and the culpability of institutions in this mess
• Manfredo Tafuri's discussion of Rockefeller Center and whether I have the energy to dive into this level of critique when my usual depth of architectural engagement is "Ohh, that building is/isn't pretty."
• Concerns about whether campus tolerance and inclusiveness extends to those with political and religious views that skew conservative--and how to discuss (and fix) it without going all Horowitz up in here
• The glory of campus squirrels
• Ditto the U-M Marching band 
• Cemeteries:  A Genealogist's Playground