I am alive and in Florida. I’ve been away from my digital life for awhile now- ignoring my email and rss feeds in favor of the new house, state, and job. Red tape is fun. Seriously. But now I have a new I.D. card, computer account (still having trouble w/ my new email), and parking pass (more difficult than it sounds).
While adjusting to Florida in late July is something akin to adjusting to living on the surface of Mercury, I am warming up (har, har) to the new surroundings. The blueness of the sky, proximity of water, and intense sunshine remind me of the summers I spent on Cape Cod as a kid. Rowan enjoys are almost nightly swims in the community pool. I enjoyed the trip to the Banana Republic to buy new clothes for the new job.
So far everyone in the department is really nice and helpful- I have a great office with a window and a view of green things. Pleasant. I’ll be teaching two sections of an upper division expository writing class in the Fall, rehashing the Constructing the University syllabus I ran with Rythaniel a few years back. I am tied down to using a textbook, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, but it doesn’t look too painful and I think I can adjust. I’ve got the course website half done- I’ll throw up a link later this week.
So, to all of you waiting to hear from my, I’ll check my email sometime tomorrow. Hope all your summers are going well.
