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.
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