World Sojourner : 3760

I’m too tired to write anything useful in paragraph form so a small list might be easier. Most of my memories from the last 48 hours are in small chunks.

1. Met up with The Divine Miss N for coffee on Monday morning. I can report she’s a real person. Hmm, I’m a little tired, what I meant is that she’s a really nice person.

2. MBA’s start on a public holiday but none of the support staff were there because they had the day off. Go figure.

3. My lovely, kind, gracious and beautiful wife finished off moving. A wonderful dinner shall be served as a huge thank you.

4. 326 LB, err, London Business School students in the class of 2007. We are the largest class in history.

5. Networking – I must confess that I’m not very good at networking with all 326 people. There are plenty of people comfortable in this arena but I am not. Please don’t confuse less comfortable with scared, but my mind completely freezes after what’s your name, where’d you move from, where are you living, and what stream are you in? There has to be better questions than these … I must practice, oh yes.

6. It appears to be a new rule on campus that all MBA2007’s must travel in packs of 3 to 5 people.

7. No West Virginia is not on the coast. Yes, we’re a state. No, a southern accent doesn’t reduce my IQ by 100 points. I have a wife, no she’s not my sister.

8. Oh the drinking and drinking and drinking … my liver may not be able to cope. But I shall practice diligently.

9. It is good to be here.

10. The last couple years have dulled my optimism and hung a yoke of negativity around my neck. This shall be removed in the next few days. Anything is possible; it is up to me and our class to make it happen.

Time for one beer and then I visit my house.

Ya’ll have a nice day.

For some reason, I feel this site best represents how I’m feeling right now.

Final day of packing and moving.

My trip home is almost over and it has went by way too quickly. Not enough time with family or with friends.

I often wonder how much time would be enough? Sadly the schedule never allows me to find out.

E=MC(2)

Einstein theorized that energy equaled mass times the speed of light squared. This theory when applied to space and time also shows that time is relative to the environment in which we live. A person traveling at the speed of light could theoretically leave earth, travel to their destination and return to another generation of people because while the traveler’s time was one constant those on earth or any other stationary place would move at a different speed.

Children could leave and return to meet their great-grand children. If of course they had, you know, … before they left but I digress.

I believe this theory also applies to small towns and vacations. While growing up in a small town the speed was constant but the moment we left to go to University or move to another city our ’speed’ changed. We only notice the change in speeds after returning home.

Sometimes it’s us and sometimes its them but our speeds have changed. Fast or slow it’s almost impossible to bridge these gaps in space and time. Polite conversation and promises to catch up next time are almost always delayed until the next time we see each other.

This speed doesn’t seem to effect college relationships the way it changes those in high school. For many, old college friends are moving at the same speed as us, but just in another place.

Time also moves damn quickly when on vacation. I can’t believe my little trip is almost over. Only two days before a quick flight to Charlotte and a not-so-quick flight back to London. I’m really looking forward to seeing Alissa but why did the last week of work go so slowly and this week so fast? I’m sure there are lots of theories to answer this question but for now it’ll remain a mystery.

The count down to LBS continues to wind down. Only 9 days as of this post, less if I’m in the UK and only three days if in Australia. Will b-school move quickly or slowly? Don’t know but I’ve heard it takes a lot of energy.