So, I've been absent from the blogosphere for a month ... or maybe better. I'm hoping to fix that. Hoping. In that time I moved. I survived Applied Literary Criticism. And I'm now moving my mom. The last is a long, somewhat irritating story. Another month's worth of 'this too shall pass.'

I've also been back and forth a gagillion times bit with my ( Read more... )

Sister will leave tomorrow after I've gone to class. Sadness ( Read more... )

A couple of things, in order of importance:

First: one of my very dearest friends, Rachael B. aka
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... going to be a Latin and English teacher in the fall!!! I got the call a few minutes ago and I actually have to call my new boss back. I'm still working the DSS job over the summer and since we're in the thick of finals (busiest time of year for my direct supervisor here) I'm going to wait until next week to tell her that I'm not likely to have ( Read more... )

Mom is visiting, with the intention of finishing the alterations to my Bride's Maid's dress. And most of today was actually spent shopping.

I mentioned in my last post that I got a copy of difrancis 's new book, The Turning Tide, but I also got the really cheap Barnes and Noble Classics editions of Gulliver's Travels and Pride and Prejudice. I am ( Read more... )

My car went to the mechanics Monday. Tuesday they changed the oil, put a new water pump in it ... and thermostat and something having to do with belts, pulleys and bearings. This morning (Wednesday) I picked the car up: a chunk of change nearly equal to what  I make in a month (hooray for income tax returns). This evening I get to worship practice ( Read more... )

Today one of my favorite classmates reminded one of my favorite professors to "tell Jessica about that teaching job!" , an announcement I apparently missed during Virgil on Friday while gone at spring retreat. I've just sent an initial email to to the headmaster (-mistress?) of Mission Valley Christian Academy about the possibility of teaching ( Read more... )

The following was sent to me by my mom - one of my favorite concerned readers.

Survey: Homework, 'other things' keep kids from reading

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

Many children in the USA are too busy, too distracted and, in some cases, too tired to read books for fun, a new survey finds, suggesting that schoolwork, homework and the inability to ( Read more... )