Apologies

I do feel bad that we haven't posted in a while.... it sounds lame to say that it's been a really busy week during the summer, but, well, it really has! So here are some highlights for you out of town relatives who might be interested.

I'm still plugging away at thesis work (on Tom Wolfe and the New Journalism of the 1960s). I had a meeting with Dr. Atwood who gave me very helpful tips and helped focus my paper more. A few nights ago I wrote a record ten pages in one night. It was an adrenaline rush, and definitely helped me on my way to finishing up. I'm defending it at the beginning of October. Scary!

Joel has been cleaning up our front yard, using his strong muscles to scoop ugly red rock out of our side yard and the front of the yard and all around the base of our house. The last owners really liked it I guess. We however do not, and plan on replacing some parts with grass and some with bark. I think it will look a lot nicer. We also are planning a trip to Lewiston to Home Depot to get new paint for the exterior trim and the door. No more pale aqua green, hurrah!

Joel is officially done with his summer class (woohoo!) and will no longer have to put up with some of the silly assignments he was required to do. For a fraud examination class there was surprising little fraud examination taught. So now he has a good three weeks before U of I starts to enjoy a homework-free summer.

I had an interview on Friday for a job at Montrose Academy as an Elementary Latin teacher. They're a very small private Christian school here in town who were in need of teachers for this upcoming year. It's an easy teaching job, I only have to lecture for one hour one day a week and then the students do independent homework for the rest of the week. I've already had one interview and things look promising. Now I just need to meet with the board and I should be a teacher in the fall. Salvete discipuli!

Mom and I picked out fabric for my quilt on Friday, which is a definite step in the right direction for quilt-making. I love the two fabrics and will post pictures as soon as I'm done!

That's about it for now. NSA starts in two weeks so I'm getting mentally prepared for one last year of school. Both Joel and I are excited to be done.