For whatever reason, I don't get one new student at a time, I get a whole flood. Today I met one new student, set up an appointment with another, and had a third call but I couldn't meet her when she had time. For the record, Chris was also contacted by a student about private tutoring. Crazy. On top of that, I already had appointments today ( Read more... )

Thursday and Friday are the last of NaNoWriMo 2007. I've got a short story to write for Steve in the next couple of weeks too, so we'll see how that goes. I'm also ready to start on a new novel of sorts. I do actually want to finish editing last year's NaNo, and although I might take a break from Mission Dreamtastic, I do want to put in some of ( Read more... )

So, Thanksgiving we went out to the diner. Chris's grandmother had a good time getting out of the nursing home and that, at least, makes me really happy. The actual diner experience was less than thrilling. Friday, Jen came up for a visit. She's still here, sleeping on a mattress in our 'library' (which is just a space that's meant to be used ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a productive past couple of days. I got my plane tickets to Michigan for the holidays-I'll fly in the 17th and leave the 28th. The whole trip makes me nervous for a myriad of reasons. As for the simplest reason: I'm always taking suggestions on ways to combat airsickness as well as combat my absolute fear of flying. The two go ( Read more... )

So, Jen came to visit and it was excellent. We ate, we wrote, we were generally completely silly. She should visit more and I will always try to feed her yummy vegetarian food. (Anyone else who wishes to come visit, that's my enticement: yummy vegetarian food! I swear I'm even getting to be a much better cook!) Then last night, Steve appeared ( Read more... )

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! It's November ( Read more... )

Prezzies for Jen from our Montreal trip...

( I'm going on a picnic... )

Today I've gone through almost all my clothing, I've gone through my filing cabinet, and I've gone through a few old catalogs. I'm also contemplating going through the cabinets in the kitchen and my craft supplies. On the whole, that makes my day sound far more eventful than it's actually been. Don't get me wrong-it's nice to have my filing ( Read more... )

I'm finally starting to feel a touch excited about this summer. Although money's going to be very tight over the next few months, I'm going to have so much free time ( Read more... )

I'm going to be getting presents from a student again this semester-it doesn't fail to happen at least once every semester. This summer, I'll also get to see one of my favorite past students. Oh, and I guess Mom's mailing me a belated easter-package ( Read more... )