Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. - Cyril Connolly
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Popular
Let's see.....Events in my honor this week....
Going away dinner hosted by a favorite physician colleague? Check!
Potluck luncheon by my staff? Check!
Breakfast party at my satellite clinic? Check!
Luncheon with some favorite colleagues and co-workers? Check!
Official "Goodbye" reception with speeches, presents, food, wine and cake? Check!
Big party tomorrow night, organized by the biggest prankster I know (yes, I am afraid), of which I am not privy to any details other than being told to wear something "you can dance in". Check!
How to handle being more popular than a prostitute in a logging camp? Easy. By remembering the time I was trying to impress a guy at a summer picnic and turned around and stepped off the edge of a pier into a lake, fully clothed, while flirting with him.
It's like being at your own funeral and listening in.
I lost it at the official reception. Totally choked. Verklempt.