Week in Review

Where are the weeks going? Somehow the summer has disappeared. Joe leaves in a week and classes start in two. I have faculty meetings three days next week. And, not surprisingly, my stress level is quickly heading towards the roof.

But this week we continued to revel in summer (or exist in denial).

On Monday we kept Nicholas home from school so he could see Mike and Melinda when they stopped by to visit for a couple hours on their drive home from New Hampshire. And boy did that little boy have fun! He asks for Uncle Mike and Aunt Melinda all the time, so this was such a fun treat.

Nicholas' favorite part of the visit was building very tall towers out of blocks.

From 2011 August

From 2011 August

And Aunt Melinda built a zoo for his animals, which he has been playing with all week.

I then skipped town for three days to go to New York on a quick research trip, while Joe held down the fort. While this was work and much needed work, it was a complete detour from class prep, and something I can really only do during the summer.

And now we're getting down to business. I think I have to start working during weekend naps and evenings starting this weekend. And the choas of the semester starts Monday, even if classes don't start for two more weeks.