Well, not quite that much fun, but still, I’ve spent the last month in Georgia doing things unrelated to physics or New York, which is a nice break.Spending time in Georgia was rather unique, since almost all of my friends have moved on to other, better things. Kyle is in Japan teaching English to the young ones, Tyler is in New York, which seems to be a giant magnet for people I went to high school with, others have “jobs” and are “productive members of society”. So I spent most of my time hanging out with Alison. Say hi to Alison Alison says “hi”. Anyway,  sitting around in my parents’ living room leads to a few interesting learning experiences. First of all, it is really, really hard to get work done when you can sleep until 2 PM every day. Second, Home and Garden Television is three times better in HD, as is the Food Network. Finally, reading through Srednicki’s field theory book is a very slow progress.To elaborate, reading his book he makes almost flippant remarks pertaining to things like the UV divergences in tadpole diagrams might be related to the absence of a theory of quantum gravity, or a very difficult to understand paragraph describing how to calculate symmetry factors, or discussion of the lack of a ground state when dealing with perturbation theory on phi^3 potentials, or… Physics is awesome; every time you peel away a layer, there’s a whole new set that’s just floating around to be prodded, poked, and finally published. I’m looking forward to getting back to New York, even if I am completely without a parking permit because the bureaucrats can’t confirm that I drive the car that I’ve driven for the last year and a half, and I have to take the Comps a fortnight after my return. It was good to see old friends and all that, but I just don’t live or work here anymore. New York is home, and it’s always good to go home.