I got a letter from DePaul saying I made Dean's List for spring quarter. I know I've made fun of the dean's list letter in the past, but this is the first time I've made dean's list since winter quarter 2007 (and when I made fun of it then, I had gotten dean's list three out of the previous four quarters during which I was eligible). This time it felt more like a big deal, perhaps since it seemed so unlikely at the beginning of the quarter. I've been struggling academically- but I made a 4.0! Also, the letter had been amended and looks much nicer now. I think I may keep this letter.

I got a letter from the bank about my savings account. The interest paid to me for this past quarter was seventy three cents. At first I thought maybe they'd misplaced a decimal; last year I made about that much interest in dollars, not cents. But no: the letter says that my APY is now 0.05%. Gasp! When I opened the account, the APY was around 3.5%.

Today's the seventeenth of the Jewish month of Tamuz, a fast day, and the inaugeration of three weeks of mourning. I wanted to fast but I didn't make it due to low blood sugar; I then ate one packet of sugar and one very stale taco (no toppings) and haven't eaten since. I'm hungry, I think. I was thinking that I wasn't properly in the spirit of mourning but reading the OU newsletter did that job, mostly. I haven't felt very connected to God in recent months, and I don't know why, but I'm not terribly worried about it. Maybe I should be, but I'm not. Being sick usually makes me feel less connected to God- not in an angry way or anything- and I won't be sick forever, at least not the kind that I was recently. I had a mild tremor in my left hand through the afternoon; I am not convinced that my thyroid is all better.

Somebody I met and really liked at autreat this year has sent me three emails so far since I got back. I almost feel like I'm running out of things to say, but I want to say them anyways.

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