back in january...

i'm sitting with tom and oliver at the usual table in the 5th floor of the library, and (oh, tom just told me i'm lame for blogging right now, but what is he doing? he's looking at pictures of kittens online. who's the lame one now, tombelina?) our administrative law professor just walked by, having a normal-tone-of-voice (somehow professors seem to be exempted from -- or perhaps oblivious to -- the be-quiet-in-the-library policy) conversation with our professor who is taking the semester off because he's been diagnosed with cancer. you can read all about my opinion of his replacement here.

this is the first time all semester i've seen this professor. we had him for criminal procedure last year. i absolutely love him. i think he's brilliant and fantastic and full of entertaining antics and so many other good things. and now he's undergoing chemotherapy and hasn't really been around the law school at all.

but he's here today! so tom and our friend sandy and i went to see him in his office to say hello and wish him well. i'd be lying if i said he looks great, but it's still really nice to see that he's at school and working. his spirits seem to be good. he said he has days that he feels weak and days that he's okay, but there hasn't really been any pain. and he said his docs expect that he should be able to come back to teach in january. this is good news. we all miss having him around.

i say the sooner he's back, the better. and, yes, tom -- it did in fact make my day to have a chance to say hi to him.