I became aware that after nearly three decades here, I still don’t know the kind of conifers in the backyard. The one at the southern end is an Eastern Pine. I should know some dendrology 

I was taking down the last of the laundry when it occurred to me that my deference to authority had spilled over to everyone else. It took a long time to begin critical thinking with the deference as lingering.

Before the news, I was checking out the outline I have for Box-Jenkins when I considered my struggles in the MBA program. In the current case, I see I didn’t have the background. While it was obvious in the course for management information, I never thought it had been the case for the other three. I later had so much trouble, I probably didn’t have the time the last semester with the rush and the two courses I had to take. Now that I have the time, I find out what I missed.