So it's been over 2 months since our last post, which I've decided is Leah's fault. She's currently out of town, so I can get away with saying that. Since operation Baby Squirrel, we've had several operation Baby Birds, including an operation Baby Owl, which the town stepped up to and got him back up in the treetops.
Aside from that, late April and early May was super busy for both of us, as I cranked out a few final writing projects, gave my first public reading of my work, and we both got buried underneath a massive amount of grading/reading papers and entering final grades for our respective teaching loads. It's safe to say that the end of the semester was extremely welcome. All in all, things went well. My grades were pretty solid and my TEVALS came back pretty positive, and MATC liked Leah so much that they asked her to teach this summer and again in the fall.
Summer reading at the library just kicked off a couple of weeks ago, and Leah is doing a couple of programs a week with the kids, so she has been kept very busy getting ready for and doing that, in addition to her teaching responsibilities. Once again, I am employed by a library; teaching computer classes no less, and am busy putting my classes together to start teaching them in July and early August. I am also taking on a pretty intensive independent study this summer, so there isn't too much rest for us during the summer months.
Having said that, we have been/ will be traveling a little, with Leah finally getting back to Delaware for Emily and Rafa's wedding and some quality time with the fam. I also got to see some Pennsylvania friends and familly, and wish that I could have gotten down to Delaware/Maryland, but time didn't permit it. We also plan on a few day trips around Kansas/Nebraska, and will hopefully have some posts covering those adventures.
As a final aside, I think I saw the girl that wore the camo prom dress (see previous blog) the other day, and she was pregnant. I guess the camo didn't work very well. ;-)
We hope everyone is having a great summer so far! Thanks for reading, and always feel free to comment. It lets us know someone's out there (yes, even you Kristin!). - John & Leah
Aside from that, late April and early May was super busy for both of us, as I cranked out a few final writing projects, gave my first public reading of my work, and we both got buried underneath a massive amount of grading/reading papers and entering final grades for our respective teaching loads. It's safe to say that the end of the semester was extremely welcome. All in all, things went well. My grades were pretty solid and my TEVALS came back pretty positive, and MATC liked Leah so much that they asked her to teach this summer and again in the fall.
Summer reading at the library just kicked off a couple of weeks ago, and Leah is doing a couple of programs a week with the kids, so she has been kept very busy getting ready for and doing that, in addition to her teaching responsibilities. Once again, I am employed by a library; teaching computer classes no less, and am busy putting my classes together to start teaching them in July and early August. I am also taking on a pretty intensive independent study this summer, so there isn't too much rest for us during the summer months.
Having said that, we have been/ will be traveling a little, with Leah finally getting back to Delaware for Emily and Rafa's wedding and some quality time with the fam. I also got to see some Pennsylvania friends and familly, and wish that I could have gotten down to Delaware/Maryland, but time didn't permit it. We also plan on a few day trips around Kansas/Nebraska, and will hopefully have some posts covering those adventures.
As a final aside, I think I saw the girl that wore the camo prom dress (see previous blog) the other day, and she was pregnant. I guess the camo didn't work very well. ;-)
We hope everyone is having a great summer so far! Thanks for reading, and always feel free to comment. It lets us know someone's out there (yes, even you Kristin!). - John & Leah
