Feels Like Starting Over

So, we've asked the boy to take up the discipline of writing regularly to record his ideas and keep his grandparents posted on life. He has encouraged me to start doing the same again. July started yesterday, feels like as good a reason as any to start working on this myself. I think I can find 5 - 10 minutes every few days to check in with the world. The summer has been more relaxing than I had planned since the class I was supposed to teach got cancelled. As a result, I have taken more time away from work than I usually do and I am already thinking ahead to make sure that I start doing some of the prep I have promised myself I'd do. I am going into my fourth year here (!!!) and will be teaching Stats for the fourth time. I am comfortable enough with the course now that I can start doing some serious advance prep for it. We've had some local fun with friends recently and are starting a month of family adventures this weekend with a Maryland trip. I'll post about it after we return. Here are some recent family photos.