hello all. Hope some people are still checking this. Haven't heard from any of you in awhile. I'm sitting here in my apartment trying to keep kitty from eating my ice cream while typing. Now she's sitting in front of the screen to make me pet her and puts her head up like the little princess she is. Hi How are you? The second week of classes started today. Things are going well so far. It doesn't look like this semester will be as miserable as last semester. Not quite as much work. In theory, i'm teaching again this semester, but not really. Mostly i'll just be grading papers and the PHD students will do all of the actual teaching. All the work and none of the fun. Kitty is now climbing on my shoulder and purring. Awww ok kitty, you can finish the ice cream.
My girlfriend Emily has moved into my apartment temporarily. She's going to hang out here for another month and hopefully get some substitute teaching jobs at the high school and middle school down the street. In March, she's moving to St. George Utah to become a mountain guide for juvinile delinquents.

My mom told me a great story on the phone tonight that i thought i'd share. Grammie and her children are now attempting to find a long-term, live-in caretaker, and this process is turning out to be a bit difficult i guess. Well, Grammie was reading the obituaries the other day and read about someone she knew who died. She remembered that that person had a good live-in caretaker, so she called someone who also knew the deceased, to see if she could get a contact number for the caretaker! That's hilarious. Grammie is so awesome. No word on whether she has reached the person yet.

Peace.