Ups and Downs

Feeling a bit spent in the aftermath of that last epic post, over which I fussed for two days, for all the good it did me -- so I turned off the computer, crawled under a comforter on the couch with the cat and on and off Eric, too, and I've devoted the last couple of days entirely to Upstairs, Downstairs, in order, from the beginning. Even so, there's still a huge amount of episodes to enjoy ahead of me. A week from today I'll be full of stage fright and ferocious conviction, preparing for my first lectures of the Spring term, but for now I'm a very satisfied slug.