Back home

It always feels like spring has arrived when 4C's is over. I returned last night to 70-degree temps, open windows, shorts-clad kids, and a completely cleaned-out and fixed-up sunroom. We use the sunroom as a mudroom in the winter, so it's nice to reclaim that space this time of year.

The conference was good--especially rooming with my colleague (and great friend) Ing, catching up with old friends like Collin, and finally getting to meet the delightful Joanna! I missed other bloggers, though--I think I saw Timna and Liz from a distance but got sidetracked when I tried to get to them. That's my loss, certainly.

A new quarter starts for me tomorrow. I'm team-teaching a business writing course, which should be cool. But it's a night class, which means that I'll be at work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays. And it also means that we'll probably have to scramble some weeks to figure out what to do with the kids in the evening, since Todd's schedule is so weird. We already have a glitch tomorrow, in fact. But our super-incredible neighbors are coming to the rescue, picking the kids up from their after-school program and watching them until Todd gets home at 7:00. They even offered to help the kids with their homework!! I love, love, LOVE my neighbors!

Spring quarter should be--knock on wood--a much less busy quarter for me, so I'm hoping vowing to blog more often.

My excuses

Thanks so much to those of you who commented on my last post. It's so nice of you to welcome me back.

You're probably thinking: Is she really back, or what? She hasn't posted anything!

Here's the deal:

I'm sick (for the first time in years),
one of my kids is now sick,
my husband got sent out of town unexpectedly for work--for the entire week,
my quarter ends this week and final grades are due,
I've got a presentation to prep for next week's 4C's,
my washing machine broke down Monday and the repairperson can't come until tomorrow,
a bunch of emails were lost on our school's server,
I've got a big family celebration to help pull together this weekend...

So, I'm just insane.

But I'm still lurking about on the fringes of the blogosphere and do intend to really come back!

Missed you!

If anybody still reads this space: Hello there. I'm coming back.

I've been gone for so long--just been busy--that it seems sort of ridiculous to return. But I've started missing this space and all the people I've met here, and I think it's time to get re-acquainted.

So, um, hi.