Whew!

Things do not slow down--not for a second. Not even when you think they will. Yesterday, I didn't get home until 8PM. I was at the library making a mammoth amount of copies from 1:15-2:07, and I was teaching private ESL lessons from 2:30-6:30. Then, I went home to pick up Aaron and Charity and we went to ALDI (which is now carrying Indian food (YAY) for a limited time (BOO)) because we were out of food. $60 later, our cupboards are full until the next major shopping trip, which is the great thing about ALDI. $60 will feed you for 2 weeks; that's why my grocery bill is less than $200/month.

After getting home at 8, I couldn't concentrate. I was trying to work on revisions for a direct order through Ecopywriters, and it was draining me. Finally, I got it done, sent it in, and attempted to do some research for the Paul F. Fidler grant that I'm applying for with PUC for the first-year program we're studying. I got through two of the past recipients before thinking I could no longer handle life without Pepsi (I'd tried to boycot it that evening) and sent Aaron to the store. After cleaning Fester's cage, I decided I needed a bath, so then Alice Sebold's Lucky stole two hours of my life. :) Finally, I was in bed, only to wake up four hours later, kiss Charity goodbye, and head in to present my "She Said WHAT?" lesson on quoting--a favorite, I must say!

However, amidst the busy, is the good:

• Charity is now putting two words together often. She makes short sentences like "Mommy, up!" She's early on this--most kids don't do it until well into thier 2s, says linguistics in 2009. :)
• I am going to be teaching the new learning communities section of ENG 100 next year. It promises to be a great change!
• There is a slight possibility of me being made an assistant, assistant, assistant director of the writing center.
• NO ONE heard about the writing awards. I'm not a loser (yet).
• Charity's adorable hair can now be pulled back with barrets--awe!

Yawn. It's 5:04 and time for me to leave my office and go pick up Miss Charity. I hope the mail contains the $360 check that is over a week late. :/ I want to pay my pet fee and get a cat! (Although Charity will need to take some time to get used to the cat. At a party we went to last Friday, she was terribly afraid of the big, black "meow meow." She did enjoy seeing another baby, though, and dancing on command to the Black Eyed Peas' I Got a Feeling.