Well, I’m back. The last month has just been one thing after another. I finished grading the final essays, posted my students’ final grades, had surgery, redecorated my apartment, and helped my sister build her cottage. I have one week now before classes start, and I have some course revisions I need to make this week.

Obligatory retrospective: I started this blog one year ago, and how things have changed! I wound up moving three times in 2004, and hopefully I’ll stay settled for a little longer than I have in the past. I returned to Georgia after a 2½-year absence, and it’s such a relief to be home.

The two major things that happened this year:

1. I got a full-time job teaching English at the college at which my dad used to teach.

2. My best friend, Dann, finally got married.

The first was a major change change to my life – the best thing that’s happened to me since I graduated UGA in ’01. The second was probably the best thing that’s happened to my best friend – and so, psychically, it’s affected me as well. (Not to mention that his wife’s a good cook! MMMMMM)

New Year’s resolutions?

1. Start back taking (formal) Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lessons.

2. Eat healthier. (I made strides last year, but good eating habits take a while to build.)

3. Become a better teacher.

4. Read more books.

I’d also like to get the arcade machine in my office to working, but that’s dependent on finding someone who knows how to fix it.