Hi! I'm still alive! In case any of you were wondering.
My work at the journal has finally slowed some, and the Greek students are in their last few days of the course, their final exam all done, and only a few fun and relaxed class meetings left to go. Starting next week, I have to teach a two-hour Latin session every day for three weeks, but right now, I have a few days' breathing space. In my typically hyper fashion, I'm filling them with Latin prep and work on my own research--but I am also planning to lounge and tube and bake. I still owe the Husband a raspberry pie for his birthday, so you know I've gotta do that! And I'm going to try to chat with various of you folks by phone and hear all the news.
Sorry I've been mainly out of touch lately. I've had an amazing month, though. I heart my Greek students soooo much and will be sad to say good-bye to 'em. They've become all punchy and silly this last week, zinging each other with jokes about the accusative and pants (no, really). Many of them are undergrad classics majors here, so I'll get to go on seeing them and chatting with them, which makes me very happy. One, just done with freshman year, already wants to have a talk with me about graduate school! Serious students.
The journal has also turned into a great gig. Already I see classics scholarship in a different way; I notice entirely different things about books and articles, how they make their point, how they sell themselves. It's wonderful, too, to feel like I contribute in some small way, every day, to my discipline. These books and submissions are the building blocks of my future colleagues' careers, after all, and I get to help them move smoothly along. Plus, I'm learning all the gossip! Last but not least, it's been a marvellous way to strengthen my relationship with my advisor-cum-supervisor, whom I simply love.
OK, I'm off to toss my stinky body into the shower and get this leisurely day started. I hope you're all doing really, really well.
My work at the journal has finally slowed some, and the Greek students are in their last few days of the course, their final exam all done, and only a few fun and relaxed class meetings left to go. Starting next week, I have to teach a two-hour Latin session every day for three weeks, but right now, I have a few days' breathing space. In my typically hyper fashion, I'm filling them with Latin prep and work on my own research--but I am also planning to lounge and tube and bake. I still owe the Husband a raspberry pie for his birthday, so you know I've gotta do that! And I'm going to try to chat with various of you folks by phone and hear all the news.
Sorry I've been mainly out of touch lately. I've had an amazing month, though. I heart my Greek students soooo much and will be sad to say good-bye to 'em. They've become all punchy and silly this last week, zinging each other with jokes about the accusative and pants (no, really). Many of them are undergrad classics majors here, so I'll get to go on seeing them and chatting with them, which makes me very happy. One, just done with freshman year, already wants to have a talk with me about graduate school! Serious students.
The journal has also turned into a great gig. Already I see classics scholarship in a different way; I notice entirely different things about books and articles, how they make their point, how they sell themselves. It's wonderful, too, to feel like I contribute in some small way, every day, to my discipline. These books and submissions are the building blocks of my future colleagues' careers, after all, and I get to help them move smoothly along. Plus, I'm learning all the gossip! Last but not least, it's been a marvellous way to strengthen my relationship with my advisor-cum-supervisor, whom I simply love.
OK, I'm off to toss my stinky body into the shower and get this leisurely day started. I hope you're all doing really, really well.
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