Life Decisions

I  played soccer once!

There is an anecdote that goes with this phrase. I got married in Santa Barbara thirty years ago. My English then was not that good, as it is not today. My grammar and orthography in these posts are not the best. The clerk was asking me how many years had I studied, I did a rapid calculation and said twenty four years. I was six when I went to grammar school and I was thirty then. Incredulous this lady asked me, haven't you done anything else? I promptly answered: I played soccer once. Everybody burst up laughing! I did also, you know, I don't take myself that seriously, it is ok to make a fool of yourself once in a while.

What I really wanted to say is that I used to play soccer. When I was a teenager, I even trained every other day for many years.

One good day though. I was engrossed with some reading material, and I forgot! It was four pm, and I was supposed to be in the field. I asked myself, why did I forget? Obviously I am more interested in reading than playing. I stopped practice altogether from then on. They never saw me in the team again. I even had remorse dreams once in a while, but I never showed up again.

At six pm today, I forgot to watch the Rector debate at this University. I was more interested in writing this, mainly about the Entropic Dynamics idea.

In a certain way, I am more moody than I realize. It seems to me that I can accommodate almost any situation, not like some of my relatives, that complain about how they feel in one place. Nevertheless, as soon as I feel restless, I start looking for the exit door. If I don't really care who is going to be the professor that leads this university for the following four years. Why am I working here?

I taught at UAG once. May be a phrase in my future.

So it goes.