Zach would have been 29 today. We probably would have talked on the phone. His doctorate would have been finished. He would either have a job somewhere or he’d be working on a post-doc somewhere else. He would have most likely not been in California or anywhere on the West Coast. I think I say that because the programs he looked at for the doctorate were in the east or mid-west. Also, Emily was in Illinois so that would have been a pull.<\/p>\n
I stalled out on my project of posting excerpts from his journals on a given day. I was getting close to the end of them and I lost heart. There is one I found from 2014 on his birthday, though. It shows Zach at his unsentimental best starting out an entry. (It goes on, BTW, but this is all I’m posting today.)<\/p>\n
I was in a good mood and then decided to drink coffee, which was probably unnecessary but since it\u2019s my bday, I get to do things like that. \u00a0LOL, I hate that attitude.<\/p>\n
But with there not a ton of actually pressing things on my plate (minus a stats final on Tuesday that I should really study for but can\u2019t take seriously anymore), I felt like spending time in here. \u00a0I always feel like I\u2019m going to sit down and bust out some incredible stuff in here but then it turns into something more rigid and much less poetic than I imagine in my head. \u00a0So it goes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Happy Birthday, Zach. I love you, son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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