Tête-à-Tête-Tête

I took that long lonesome trip back to work today. And now I have to wade through a ton of paper and emails. Many phone calls to return and I know if history is any indicator I will spend the next week trying to get my feet back on the ground.

I did have a wonderful time and was able to avoid almost all news. I was watching the U.S. Open when NBC broke the news about the death of Tim Russert. I was very, very sorry to hear that. You can’t spend your life dwelling on the fact that we all skate constantly on very thin ice but you can’t help but be reminded of that when you hear that somebody has fallen through.

He was only 58 years old.

So no matter how difficult it will be to get back on track this week I know it sure beats the alternative.

Life is a lot like vacation. It is very good and it is very, very short.