The Thoughts of a Frumpy Professor

It is not meant to  be an "Earth-shatteringly" new concept..... in fact it is a very traditional concept.... but one that is sometimes hard to keep in the forefront of the mind.
At Mass today, our priest's homily... in helping us to think about and plan for lent.... rather eloquently reminded me of how my life is meant to be a life of service to others.  Believe me that I do TRY to keep that focus, but I am not particularly...

I am tying up a lot of loose ends today, with the hope/plan/belief that I will after today.... be back on track for a "normal" week next week.
All the letters of recommendation I needed to complete at the moment ARE finished.
90% of the big rodent uses in the classrooms are finished (I have one more bout on Monday, but then will be completely done helping in that regard for quite a while)....

Feeling blue this morning.
Not motivated.  But, trying to do what I need to do to get through the workday.
February, to me, is the harshest month of the year.

I apologize..... the week is turning out far busier than I had anticipated....with many more letters of recommendation due, a few unexpected "emergency" glitches arose that I am trying to fix within a science organization in which I am on the Executive...