My last free day in Cambridge - perfect, sitting at my favourite cafe drinking excellent Americano whilst gazing at King's College Chapel sans scaffolding. Tomorrow band rehearsal, sound check then gig, Sunday quick afternoon punt to remove hangover, off to London to meet Cambridge friends and Hamilton friends, Man Booker short-listed author readings, then a final sightseeing day before the adventure will truly end. But all endings become beginnings as well, and as the clock strikes midnight Tuesday night into Wednesday at two score and 15, I become a working stiff again. Clients, and being asked the age old lawyer's query again and again: "What should I do?", which is a question that happily NO ONE has asked me in over one year.
Final observations:
- When your heart says do something important in your life - do it, even if it takes 42 steps to get ready;
- When you get there, live it to the fullest; and
- When you are done, come back again for a little while and revisit it for proper reflection.
Effect on long-term: emotional uplift that maybe only a sailing adventure could match.
Overall Cambridge experience: 15 out of 10.
A few final thank yous:
- to Susanne for being there with me all the way
- to Marc, Jessica and Erik for showing me that they really were grown and capable of managing on their own without us, and visiting us even when it wasn't all that convenient
- to Elaine, Gene and Elly for incredible suuport when we needed it
- to my old friends and relatives who made sure that my life would continue unabated back home, and a special thanks to the 22 who came to be part of Paul's cambridge exerience personally.
- to my new friends, for letting me into your lives without thought to age or background. As a result I have people to visit and entertain for years to come.
