Hi everyone! I am back home. I got here about 3 hours ago, and I am already checking up on you all. I guess I missed all of you. I tried reading all of posts that I missed while gone, but there were just too many. It was making me dizzy. I hope you all had a good/decent/ not too bad(?) Christmas, and wish all of you a very Happy New Year.

We do not start back to classes until the 12th so I have some time to recover and to work on getting my course syllabi done. I also have to make a trip to St. Louis next week to Barnes Hospital to see the MS specialist there.

Frank, I spent the whole time in my exciting hometown of East Liverpool, OH. It is a small, run down town in NE Ohio (rustbelt)-- it is on the border of PA and W VA -- about 45 miles from Youngstown, OH and about 45 miles from Pittsburgh. Pottery and steel used to be the major industries. All of my family was there except for my oldest brother -- the Bob -- who felt that the drive from Philadelphia is just too tough on him.

Now during Spring break I will be heading for Austin, TX.

For those of you in Illinois, can you believe Blago's latest decision?