Jun 10, 2008

105 in the shade

I know this blog is supposed to be about Basel, but I figure my time while living in Basel probably counts as well. I can't believe it's been over six months since I've written. Lest anyone think that NOTHING has happened in that time...well such is not the case.

As I sit here typing it's 4:30 p.m. and 105 in the shade. The a/c is running, Oprah is on TV, and I'm so happy to "just be".

In the last six months I've seen, I've done, I've traveled. Life and work are going in the right direction. I can't believe I've been living / working in Europe for over a year now. I've had another birthday, been to Athens (first time) and Prague (will return over and over again), St Petersburg, Russia with my parents in March (photos to come later), and lived through another ASCO. I'm home in NYC really enjoying "just being". Everyone keeps asking me "what are you doing for the day?" and frankly, just the everyday mundane stuff where I don't have to think about language, know where to find stuff, and don't have to mortgage my next condo to pay for it.

It's a bizarre thing to be straddling two worlds. One world is familiar and predictable, the other rocks your world on a daily basis. Safe vs. unpredictable...I've never been one to take the easy route...so why start now!