It's Tuesday, August 22nd. Vacation is nearly over. I just signed a 9-month contract at UNT, so I'm officially a full-time permanent-ish employee! This morning I helped proctor the placement exam for 97 incoming international students, and 30 more arrive next week. We already have 180 or so continuing students, so we will have the largest-ever number of students this fall. It's going to be a busy semester! On Friday I will receive my teaching assignment (skill/level), and then classes start on Monday.
The trip to WI was great. I was at my parents' house August 2 - 7, and Gus joined me there on August 5. My mom's birthday was on Sunday August 6. It was nice to be there for her party! I returned to TX on August 7 while Gus went on to Indianapolis for GenCon. He drove back here on August 14, so now we have two cars again (we'd just had the one car since March).
I submitted my thesis for publication but I won't hear back for at least three months, so I'll just put it out of my mind until then. I also submitted a proposal to present at the local TESOL conference next month. I won't know about that for another week or so. Lots of waiting!
Gus has been busy working and socializing and hanging out with me. It's been nice having so much time together while I've been on vacation!
We still haven't taken any pictures while here in TX. Someday when it's not 103 degrees out I'll try to get outside with the camera.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Vacation
Friday July 28th was officialy the last day of the term. Finals were on Monday and Tuesday last week, grading and writing final grade reports took all day Wednesday, and the graduation ceremony for students who had successfully completed Level 6 was held on Friday.
Now I'm on vacation until August 22nd! What's in store? First, I'm going to spend 5 days at my parents' house. Tomorrow (Wednesday) I fly up to Minneapolis, my parents will pick me up at the airport, and we'll go back to their place. I expect my mom and I will spend a lot of time in the next few days discussing plans for another trip to England. :)
Then on Saturday Gus will fly up to the Twin Cities to spend a couple days with my family. Monday I fly back here while Gus heads over to his brother's place. He and Vince will drive to Indianapolis for GenCon for the remainder of the week. Next week he'll spend a few days with his family, and then fly back here on the 17th.
While he's gone, my plans are to re-vamp my thesis and submit it to a professional journal for publication. I have no idea if they'll be interested in it, but it's worth a try. If I do get published, it would look very good on my resumé!
That's all the news from Texas, where the sun is scorching and the ground is parched.
Now I'm on vacation until August 22nd! What's in store? First, I'm going to spend 5 days at my parents' house. Tomorrow (Wednesday) I fly up to Minneapolis, my parents will pick me up at the airport, and we'll go back to their place. I expect my mom and I will spend a lot of time in the next few days discussing plans for another trip to England. :)
Then on Saturday Gus will fly up to the Twin Cities to spend a couple days with my family. Monday I fly back here while Gus heads over to his brother's place. He and Vince will drive to Indianapolis for GenCon for the remainder of the week. Next week he'll spend a few days with his family, and then fly back here on the 17th.
While he's gone, my plans are to re-vamp my thesis and submit it to a professional journal for publication. I have no idea if they'll be interested in it, but it's worth a try. If I do get published, it would look very good on my resumé!
That's all the news from Texas, where the sun is scorching and the ground is parched.
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