Off to Italy!

Mr. Improbable and I are off on a much-needed trip to Italy. I will be very glad of this. The past few months have been a long haul for me of minor but debilitating health problems (allergies and back problems in addition to the “sick” I blogged about earlier) and work stresses. I feel I’ve been just managing to fulfill the barest of my responsibilities — getting the columns done, though never in advance, and the blogs kept more-or-less up to date, and my Harvard Business School job more-or-less under control.

Things will be better when we get back, I hope: I have reason to think my health problems won’t bother me so much for a while, and the Big Project at my Harvard job is almost entirely done, and I’ve made a few decisions that ought to lighten the load for me for a while.

I also sent around an e-mail to some of my friends who had really helped me out, or listened to me rant, or been gracious when I canceled plans on them for the third time in a row because of some health or work emergency. People really are there for you, you know. When they say, “Let me know if there’s anything I can do” — you can, if there is. We all want to be independent and self-sufficient, but sometimes it’s good to remember that other people will put up with your nonsense, because they love you.

Even when you’re covered in bees!

See you in November! I’ve got a couple of posts scheduled to go up while we’re gone, but posting will be light. If you leave a comment and you haven’t commented before, it won’t go through until I moderate it, which might not be until I get back.

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