Hey-ho.

It occurs to me that I haven't blogged in a while, and yet a lot of you seem to be checking back once in a while to see if there's anything new. I've been really sick all day, so, for the second day in a row, not much essay-grading is getting done. I started out with the first dozen or so, marking nearly every problem, so that you could see where you went wrong and hopefully fix it. But I'm fighting in a losing cause in that regard, so, assuming I feel better tomorrow, I'll have to go in to hurry-up mode. At the pace I'm going, there is no way those research essays will get passed back to to my two 1101 classes by Wednesday. So I'll have to just start reading, with my red pen(found two more pens in my office with just a trace of red ink left in them. Note to self: clean office.) laid aside until I reach the end. Most of the time anyway. I hate doing it that way, but it's necessary.

That's all I have it in me to write tonight. Just wanted to say something.

I hope the stress of the semester is beginning to wane for most of you. It's been a long, hard slog, I realize, but pretty soon, you'll be done and I (and my wacky book selections) will be but a distant, pleasant memory as you dangle your feet in the swimming pool, soaking in the sun.

See you all Monday.

GC