the thin line between optimism and delusion…

I had an on campus interview today, and I hope it went pretty well. It was definitely more fun than the other interview I have been on this year. All we did was chat about people we used to know in college, Irish travelers in North Augusta, and how lower Alabama and the coast of Mississippi is going to get wiped out this weekend by Ivan. Hurricane season is a very interesting time, it is stressful, but a strangely fascinating topic. I like to watch the weather, and hurricanes make this more fun. I can’t give you a good reason why I like the weather so much, but I think it is my mom’s fault, my brother and his friends call her ache-Kate. But hurricane season also makes me scared and worried and sad, because I don’t like all the destruction. I mean most people don’t enjoy natural disasters, but I guess being in Georgia we are just close enough to the destruction of hurricanes for it to be really personal, I mean we get the evacuated people and most people have family members on the coast and in Florida, but it isn’t close enough to seriously disrupt our lives. Other notes on the weather, Athens is having some wonderful temperatures these days. It makes me really happy. What doesn’t make me happy is that I have a migraine today. I am hoping it is going to go away, but I am worried I am getting sick. Katie was sick all of last week and I am hoping to not be coming down with anything. I can deal with a migraine, I’m used to it, but a full-blown cold is more than I can deal with, except it will give me the chance to watch Miracle and Tombstone, two movies that Nick and Christian lent me. I really want to watch these two movies, and if sick, I will have the time. But I think I might can find time without being sick.