If you take an inventory of the living, breathing beings who are relocating to Nashville, we are 2/5ths there. Daniel and Penny, the more finnicky of the felines, arrived there last night and are currently adjusting to the (slightly) cooler climes of middle Tennessee. Meanwhile, I am positively sweltering in Dallas. Those of you who …
updates all around
You know, I never thought my blog would be a repository of the inanities of my life, but then I guess I see friends so infrequently these days that it’s sort of inevitable. At any rate, here are a few updates. Most importantly, we closed on the new house in Nashville last week! The house …
let’s compare!
Allen, TXCurrent temp: 98 degreesHumidity: 24%Heat index: 98 degrees New house in Tennessee:Current temp: 87 degreesHumidity: 62%Heat index: 93 degrees
so many great things!
I am a bit overwhelmed this morning with the many great things in my life right now… so, let’s review, shall we? Two weeks from today, Daniel and I will be proud new homeowners of a cute, charming house in Nashville! In fact, two weeks from today, we’ll be unpacking some of our stuff and …
I feel a little gross
I am reluctant to post this for fear its author might someday stumble upon the words here. Nevertheless, I just can’t help but give you all a glimpse into what my life is occasionally like as a community college adjunct instructor. Here’s a verbatim quote from an extra-credit assignment one of my students turned in …
a statement of the obvious: packing really sucks
On my first totally free weekend in ages, I have been a flurry of packing and sorting through the remaining stuff here at the abode on Gillespie. When the DIY projects first got underway, I packed up the easiest stuff — the books, DVDs, and completely nonessential items. So now, all that’s left is hard-to-pack …
sad news on Friday the 13th
This actually made me cry. Tim Russert was a personal hero of mine and such a joy to watch on TV. He will be sorely — sorely — missed.
Ms. Popularity
I just dismissed my summer school students early, and surprised them by giving them tomorrow night off. And before you ask, YES, we really were supposed to have a class on Friday at 5:30 p.m.! I couldn’t believe it, either. This week was the first week of the first summer school session, and it has …
cultural difference? or just plain rude?
Yesterday, as I was driving, I noticed a car beside me at a stoplight with its windows down and music blaring, and I wondered not for the first time why it is that, especially on a hot Texas summer day, people feel like they need to share their music with the world. Is it just …