My birthday dinner in Austin 

Sunset at the lake 

Bear is such a good boy 

Joel and me in Austin, watching the bats 

Ella and her new bunny 

Parker is cute 

Emma at the lake for the 4th 

Conference Calls Are Fun

Well, I'm an hour and a half into a two hour conference call training me to teach online classes at Keiser College, my new, very well-paying job that starts on Monday. That's mostly true. My comp-teaching friends out there know which part could not be more false. :) It's an interesting set-up--one class for four weeks then start a whole new class. This first "semester" I'm teaching Comp II. Next up: American Lit. So that's kinda cool. Apparently I've been approved for Comp, Am. Lit. and English Lit. Big thanks to Charles & Chris for hooking me up.

I'm obviously paying a lot of attention...

I've been in Dallas for a week. Came in for my niece Emma's 4th birthday party--a lavish Princess & the Pea affair. We had the party the day before her actual birthday and the next morning, on her real birthday, when my sister said, "Happy Birthday!" Emma said, "Am I five already?" Too cute. I've stayed to job hunt and network. It's going great! Except that it's really not. :)

So I continue to float. I'd really like to stop packing and unpacking my suitcase. Jazzy & the bunnies are not so thrilled either. Jasmine has taken to, um, peeing all over me every time we load into the car. It's fun.

That's all that's new here. I guess I should go pay attention now. We're being told how to send egreetings to all our students. ???

xo