The week is short when you spend half of it in Europe. The day is long when you are not entirely awake. I managed to take myself to Hub Thai for lunch (my usual: drunken noodles with mock duck), get a manicure, buy kleenex, read a little of Berryman's life of Stephen Crane, go to the dentist where it turns out my teeth are much better than I expected. In other words, a typical day in the life. I like it. This sweet old world.