Thursday, December 17, 2009

Back On My Feet in Auburn...




(Photos: "A-O-K!" Escaping to the La Quinta Inn with a new camera to capture the transition; The new fire place.)



Drama...
Well, I didn't mean to take 3 months off. Even with the influence of facebook, I still keep the blog simply for my own records. However, there was some "drama" in my life. The bottom line is today I sent my small claim in for the civil suit against my former landlord (YAWCAM comes highly recommended!). It's a story for the ages that will be probably told for a long time once the settlement comes in. Just when I didn't think the stories from the "Dr. Phil twins and their Muppet vet" could be topped while living in Oxford, they were! (Just a reminder to myself: "Just don't tell Dan about Pete... he's crazy too." ) Yeah... Still have superintendents and newspaper Editors waiting on them as well. You can't make this stuff up! Goodbye, Oxford!

Good Stuff...
I got tenure tracked in October and the Nichols College Women's Tennis team 15 and 2 losing in the semi-finals. With a strong recruiting class, things are looking up. I had a great time at the NASSS conference in November revisiting Ottawa. Thomas and Samuel still light up my life!

Moving on...
Starbucks and thier famous Caramel Macchiatto are still doing their magic in my grading work. I knocked out 4 sets of exams today. I am not leaving for Christmas this year until Tuesday and with one other big exception... heading to Florida to meet the parents in the warm weather.

Special thanks to Ev for the nice words about my "Last Lecture"... will be in touch more often on here. Happy Holidays. Talk to you all from Florida... more posts and pictures to come.