Coursework ended today.
One month ago
I wasn’t sure how it’d go getting to herenow, turning out three twenty-pagers
(on three disparate areas) along with presentations ranging from formal to
informal attached to each. I was unnerved, anxious. Felt the time
slipping away. But I managed, plodding through several sprints of reading and
notes capped with focused two-hour writing sessions, drumming out four pages in
each block. And the papers are, well, done at least. Turned in.

A busy summer is up next. Tomorrow, yard work (rain! rain!). In
the blurry short-term just beyond tomorrow, I’m helping Ph. line up summer work
(lawns mostly), teaching summer courses, moving CCC Online along,
finalizing exam lists and beginning to dig on that reading. I also have

a mini-seminar to attend next Tuesday. In the name of professional
development, two mini-seminars are required of us each semester; this one counts for
the fall. There’s also a trip next week for a two-day retreat to
Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondacks
and a trip to Phoenix for a few days in early June.

Now I also need to think about forcing a few days of leisure. I’ve already
read up on Ex Machina
(1-10) and Y: The Last
Man (1-36). Watched
Scratch the other morning
when I was ODed on revisions. I haven’t been denied much of the NBA Playoffs,
despite the end-of-semester crunch.

I’m anticipating a bit more vim for the blog, too.