I woke up today in a house where all five of my children were sleeping. What a good feeling that is!
This picture is sadly blurry, but here are my boys, laughing over Thai takeout.
My second son earned his black belt in shotokan karate today after years of patient practice. We had Thai food to celebrate, with a particularly fiery and delicious beef salad.
It's been really intense at work lately, but I'm hanging in there. I have one more week left as the lead instructor for the four-hour grad class I'm co-teaching this semester. Well, one more week in front of the classroom, plus the grading.
I can't say enough good things about the Any Good Thing writing challenge, which is keeping me writing consistently in a small way even when the grading load is Brobdingnagian.
The last Barsetshire Chronicle is really good. It seemed likely to me that it would feel a little penitential (>900 pages of clergy machinations in a fictional county in Victorian England), but it's really, really good. I'll have to tell you more about it soon. Right now I'm going to squeeze in one more chapter before I go to sleep.
It feels so luxurious that I will not be setting an alarm.
So much joy and such a blessing after the sadness of the last post.
Posted by: L-Mama(e) in Translation | October 08, 2017 at 09:30 PM
That picture of your boys! Even with the blurry, their faces are so lovely! So happy to be together.
Also, congrats to your black belt. I have a 2D Brown Belt (tae kwon do) at my house and I am aware of how much WORK that is. And how much patience, honestly -- takes a long time to get there! Good for him!!
Posted by: mary d | October 09, 2017 at 08:28 AM