turned 26 today — well, yesterday, on 29 April. Nicole said, “You’re now officially in your late 20s.” I don’t mind it too much at all; it’s actually nice growing older. I had a nice relaxing day overall today. Nicole and I went to lunch, and we also ended up getting a pizza for dinner, but otherwise I just chilled out much of the day. Even got the car washed. (more…)
τετέλεσται. it is [has been] finished. a long year, a long semester, all over, aside from the Latin finals I need to grade in the next couple of days. going to renew my car registration tomorrow, for two years. awesome. in the coming week or so i will also be doing research on new insurance companies, because I am not going to abide the fuckery that is GEICO. (more…)
I’ve survived my first year of the PhD. I just finished my last paper on Thursday, and took my Latin PhD exam yesterday afternoon. All I have to do now is grading, as well as administering my Latin class’s exam on Tuesday, which is no stress at all. I haven’t done any of the grading yet, but I imagine that’ll be an all-day affair tomorrow, with plenty of music to alleviate boredom and ward off monotony. (more…)
the semester’s in its death throes. I’m finishing up my first class here, with half my students, by a strange twist of fate. Better luck next time, I suppose. I’ll be teaching in the summer, starting on 10 May, which will be great: more teaching experience, and just as important, a paycheck. Two classes finished, slain, perfectae res, one left to go (read: one 20-page paper), along with the Latin translation exam next Friday (don’t remind me!). then administering graded finals (hmm, prolepsis doesn’t work too well in English, ye sinkers of submerged ships!). (more…)
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