Day One

It is been a few months since my last post. I am determined to post each day for the remaining 5 weeks I will be in Geneva. I hope you will read and keep me accountable on my new more independent stay in Genève!

Well today was day one of CERN full time. I miss everyone but it is time to move forward. I enjoyed work today. It was filled with a bunch of logistical work, such as finding out my banks international wire transfer number (more difficult than one would expect). After a nice lunch with a co-worker I got reacquainted with our system. They did a lot of rearranging over the past couple weeks which took some getting used to. I met up with a friend Carlos; we met at a UN night. Several of us are planning on attending the one this Thursday. Of-course these typically aren't the pinnacle of excitement. I went home around 5:30 after emailing a guy named Andrew about joining the CERN softball league. Seems like a fun way to meet some new people.
On the way home I finished a book that I had been reading all day. I found it under a tree behind the Knox on Friday. It is called "Inherit the Wind". It was a fairly short play about a legal battle. It was the high and pious prosecuting attorney Brady vs. the big city lawyer Drummond. It was the State vs. Cates, an open-minded schoolteacher who decided to break Public Act Volume 37, Statute Number 31428, teaching Darwinism over creationism in school. This violation was punishable by fine and/or imprisonment but in reality it had a much larger impact on this small town fitted at the buckle of the Bible belt. It seems like two giants facing off over the morality and right to free thought. I really enjoyed the play. It raised some great questions and included some thought provoking subject matter on ones ability to judge the world with an open mind but also being able to maintain faith. I particularly enjoyed a private exchange between the two lawyers. Brady asked, " Why is it, my old friend, that you have moved so far away from me?" Drummond slowly responds after they study each other, " All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who have moved away -- by standing still. For me this line embodied the greater idea of the play. Progress is hard work, it means testing all ideas against the light of day. Maybe it's better to chase the sun rather than be left in the dark.
I stopped by Migros on the way home from work today and bought some groceries. It felt nice to start a routine. Tomorrow I may buy a plant for my desk, perhaps something simple but nice. Well tomorrow is another day. I can only hope everyone from Geneva is settling back into their lives as I am trying too do as well.

-Jorry