The room looks fabulous, all thanks to the wonderful Hannah Kate. Here's how the room revamp turned out (she painted the wall art and hung the decorations):
The paper is not done, and in a meeting with my adviser today, I was reminded that this wasn't one of those "finish and move on" projects. It's more of a "forever and always" kind of deal. Still, the first draft is slowly wrapping up, and I am pleased with where it started, went, and landed.
The fridge is full of groceries. I battled a mango this afternoon for smoothies this week. All four of us are moved in and slowly settling into our spaces. Friends whom I haven't seen since December are all coming back to town. Classes start on Wednesday, so we're all the kind of busy that isn't actually busy - it's just frantic anticipation of actual busyness.
It's been a wild year. I've lived in two countries. I wrote the longest paper I have written so far in my academic career. I decided to start teaching again.
And it's going to be another wild one. So for now, I'm enjoying these couple of slow days, the prospect of a three class semester, and an evening of kitchen organizing and red lentil cooking adventures.
