Catch Up

Okay, so I've been a slacker for nearly a month. A few highlights: We had a lovely Thanksgiving here at our house with Roger's parents and our nephew Tim. We've been to several fun parties, including a party at our friend Justin's photography studio in downtown Provo, an art opening at BYU for one of Roger's student employee's BFA project, a good friend's 60th birthday party (I love that I have friends who are 25 and friends who are 60!), a wedding reception for a neighbor's son, and a shower for a bride who is marrying into one of our favorite families. We wrapped up the story time series we've been doing at the museum in conjunction with the picture book art exhibit. I think it was a great success! Roger finished what he hopes is his final class for his MLS degree. Jack had a 24-hour bug and now refers to everything in his life as "before barf day" and "after barf day." (Thankfully he very, very rarely gets sick!) I took Jack to a Kurt Bestor Christmas concert at the events center at UVU, especially to hear his daughter, one of my students, sing. I've had a couple of doctor appointments and a CT scan, and am now on very strong antibiotics in hopes of licking what we think is a chronic sinus infection. I've also graded about 100 papers for my UVU classes, including one marathon session to get all of my student's final papers returned to them this past Monday. Jack and I finished So You Want to Be a Wizard and are currently reading Island of the Blue Dolphins together. Christmas shopping is well underway, we've got our Christmas tree up, we've got snow on the ground, and all of us are done with school (well, I still have one paper to grade from a student who turned it in late and then I've got to submit grades). Now back to my daily postings!