May 2000

With commencement having occured last Sunday, I now have a little breathing space to look back and review May.  It began with a trip to Boston to celebrate our nephew's Bar Mitzvah.  Sheila and I both participated by reading a passage from the altar, and I'm proud to say that Judaism seems to have survived.  It was also an opportunity to spend time with family, including Aaron, who flew in from Portland.

Another blood test shows my PSA at < 0.1, reconfirming the lack of prostate cancer.  At the same time, my insulin was a bit high, so I'm taking that as a reason to clean up my diet and weight.  I'm monitoring everything I eat via a program on my Palm computer, and I've increased my exercise to an hour on the treadmill six days a week, plus muscle training.  I'm already seeing results from the new regime.

I'm looking forward to a relaxing but also productive summer.  I'll be working on my online course and revising another textbook.  (I just finished revising my main text for its NINTH edition.)