Return to school has come and gone without me. As I toured Tennessee in late August, Virginia Tech, U of TN, and Vanderbilt had already moved in for the fall semester, leaving me unable to find a parking space near the bookstore at two of them. When I returned home, Labor Day weekend got set aside with a higher priority, surviving highly symptomatic Covid-19. I missed the in-person first week of OLLI. Practicalities for my Designated Driver forced my follow-up EGD from the fall to the winter. My vegetable garden did not have significant yield. The Holy Days come late on the secular calendar. It's been a tough transition.
While delayed a couple of weeks, I'm sufficiently recovered to engage in autumn activities. This being a Presidential year, I voted in the local primaries, will learn more about the candidates, national and local, on my screens this week, and affirm that my preferences are sound. I am ready for my mid-September Torah reading, then begin polishing the YK reading. I have to greet electronically three old friends. My kids plan to visit for RH. I will need to assemble challenging dinners for RH and the Sukkah. OLLI invited me to give a presentation which will need priority focus. Exercise collapsed with travel and illness. That needs restoration with judicious pacing.
The final quarter of the calendar year brings a reconing of my semi-annual initiatives, some going well, others disappointing but salvagable.
And throw in some recreation, fishing, maybe golf, drawing, photos. Football has not engaged me as the NFL and colleges resume, but I should consider a live game. And perhaps a day in NYC.
While our calendar year begins in January, our activity transition remains in proximity of Labor Day.
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