Hectic times …

Running, I feel I am always running everywhere, trying not to miss the next step, almost at the verge of a disaster. Today, the train from Palermo to the airport broke and I almost didn’t arrive on time to catch the place. But ts departure was delayed and I was afraid I would not be able to change planes in Rome. I had to run across the terminal, to find out that the second flight was delayed. At least I know that, today, I will reach my destination: finally, home. But, in a sense, this way back home has been a kind of small Odissey, a metaphore of life.

The last six months or so have been, work-wise, to most strange in my professional career. Meetings, projects, justifications, trips, proposals, committees … one after another, without pause. Finally, it seems I have achieved, more or less, all the goals I had in mind, and most of my commitments (some of them fun) are over. So, I expect from now on to have more time for science and for my students. And I hope I will not have to go through any period like this one.