Thursday, January 28, 2016

It's 100% Official: K has Tenure!

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He received the official letter from the provost today and I'm happy for him! It's nice to see how he feels more confident and ...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The Super Long Snow Weekend Was Great!

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It felt like a mini vacation, and the worst part was that I had only taught ONE day of classes at U#2. I hope that won't make for a more...
Friday, January 22, 2016

It started!!

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And I had forgotten we had this: It's a gas fireplace that works without electricity, so we're good if the power goes out...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

The Eve our First Snow Day!

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We're excited! And relaxed, and prepared... I mean, I don't think we will be OK if we lose power, but we can walk across town to our...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

First Day (2nd round)

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Today was my first day at U#2 and it was ok. I have to get used again to driving over 150 miles each day. When I'm not used to it I just...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

MLK

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From last April in DC:

Trying to Work & about Going Back in Spring Semester

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I already worked last week, but it's this week that I'm gearing up to really start working and doing my mega-commute before teachin...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

First Day

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Today is my first day back at work, but only at one of the universities, and hopefully it will be my last semester there. I'm not lookin...
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence -- how I remember David Bowie

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Everyone was talking about David Bowie on Facebook yesterday, about his music, things he said, and the movie  Labyrinth , but nobody mention...
Monday, January 11, 2016

In 2016...

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... We finally go back to Brasil after 2.5 years away!! ( the boys and I travel on 6/30, get back on 8/5) I wish we could go every year, bu...
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Last Little Thing Finished!

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Written on Friday 1/8, late at night. I can't sleep, I can't stop coughing. :-( This is the story of my life in the past week. A...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Adding Injury to Illness

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Written yesterday, today I'm worse & may or may not blog about it... ;-) I'm still sick. The good thing is that I wasn't sic...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2016

The Book I Wanted to Write is Already Written OR "There's nothing new under the sun"

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Well, not exactly, because my focus would be a little narrower, but the fact is that the book is not only already written, but it's not ...

Binge Watching

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Thanks to Amazon Prime & sleeping in this morning I just watched all of Downton Abbey 's season 5 today. ;-) Last night I watched ...
Friday, January 01, 2016

Happy New Year! Pure Delight -- Hot Water in the Morning :-)

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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Looking Forward to 2016 - 19/19

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This is the last post -- Happy New Year! Now everyone is packing and making sure they have all their cables and charges and games. So sad!...

"Visiting" 1993 while waiting for 2016 to arrive - 18/19

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We are showing K's uncle and wife a video of our visit to them in Massachusetts back in 1993 during their first year in the U.S. and the...

2015 in One Word - 17/19

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Intense That's the word I used to describe this year when someone asked on facebook. 2015 was in intense year, particularly as far a...

The Yummy Brazilian Dessert I Shouldn't be Eating - 16/19

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Five Posts to Go! - 15/19

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Counting this one, only four, actually. ;-) If everyone continues talking, I don't know how I'll be able to concentrate and write ...