Caveat: Heaven having no part


220px-Herman_MelvilleGold in the Mountain

Gold in the mountain,
And gold in the glen,
And greed in the heart,
Heaven having no part,
And unsatisfied men.
– Herman Melville (American writer, 1819-1891)

Caveat: Abandoned by Ambition

I had a sort of off day, today. I was feeling pretty good yesterday, after taking Wendy to the airport, then going to the doctor (which ended up taking several hours because I had to wait several times, first to see him then to get my prescription and get it paid for), then to work, where I had three classes. I felt like my health was finally improving.

But I was tired, and when I awoke this morning, my ambition had utterly abandoned me. My mouth felt really terrible when I ate (tried to eat) my breakfast. My mouth really isn't ready to be a conduit for solid food. I gave up on a plan to do some cleaning and shopping today. Whem my mom arrives tomorrow, she'll just have to deal with things as-is.

I actually had the day off today – because on my current part-time schedule I teach Monday-Wednesday-Friday-Saturday. So Tuesdays are off. Maybe I felt lousy because it was finally a time when I could slow down a little bit and allow myself to feel lousy – it's been a busy couple of days.

I kept getting spam phone calls today – sales people selling things on the phone. Normally when I don't recognize the phone number calling (or rather, when my phone doesn't recognize it), I simply don't answer. But with my mom traveling, I figured I should try to answer in case it was her routing some need-to-get-in-touch-with-me call from some airport. The salespeople were very persistent, even though they could tell my Korean was terrible and I had no idea what they were selling. Finally, I got pissed off and turned off the ringer on my phone. I have to go to bed early tonight, because I have to leave for the airport tomorrow at 5 am to pick up my mom.

More later, then.

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