Back to school

The first week of school is now almost over! And that means that the effective summer now seems long gone, even though the scorching heat is relentlessly beating down our heads.

In retrospect, the summer has been very productive. Although I haven't touched the multitide of mini-projects I was planning on touching, what I did spend time on turned out well. And as much as I can help it, I will try to make the upcoming semester feel like the summer did. Easy going, productive, and sweaty. So far, it's looking good - at least I've been sweating. I also managed to schedule all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which means most of my weekdays are relatively easy going. And on wednesdays I get to rehearse once again with the wonderful Scorpius Dance Theatre for their upcoming production of Vampire Tale.

The big happy news is that Jessica and I are going down to Tucson for the weekend to celebrate our first anniversary. We will be staying at a bed and breakfast with a massaging jacuzzi in our bathroom and lined up massage appointments. Yay :-)

The big sad news is that a wonderful faculty member of the ASU dance department has been denied tenure!!! I am sad and disheartened, and in the process of writing e-mails about it to people.