Postcards from Limbo

lim⋅bo [lim-boh] 
–noun, plural -bos.
1. (often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs).

2. a place or state of oblivion to which persons or things are regarded as being relegated when cast aside, forgotten, past, or out of date: My youthful hopes are in the limbo of lost dreams.

3. an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place.

4. a place or state of imprisonment or confinement.

Eleven weeks. That's how many weeks classes at York University have been suspended since the CUPE 3903 union initiated a labour strike against the university. As you may know, gentle readers, I am currently enrolled in the MFA in Visual Arts program at York. I hesitate to use the phrase "am currently enrolled" as it's beginning to feel more like a "was enrolled". Myself and 50,000 other York students languish in academic Limbo, waiting to return to our studies. Everyone's frustrated. Everyone's tired. A resolution to this labour dispute must be forthcoming, right? Right???

*Sigh* Oh well. Back to playing Scrabble...