one week down

i've finished my first week of teaching as a real instructor (not quite a professor yet...) so far, so good. the students are very nice, though started out a bit quiet. but towards the end of the week they were opening up more. i had a fun "i just blew their minds" moment today in intro. :) that's one of those great teacher moments when you know that you've opened up the students to something new. so the week ended on a high note. let's hope the momentum keeps up....especially because i have a serious deadline looming.

in about two weeks, i have to have a copy of the dissertation sent off to my committee chair. i have to say that i'm not sure that it's going to happen. but, crazier things have happened. i've managed to sort through all the data twice and it's now at the point where i just need to write about it. for some reason that's easier said than done. BUT, i have no choice. i gotta do it and do it quick. here's hoping everything i had before is good enough for the committee and the defense that's coming up in october. yeah...it's safe to say that i'm getting nervous, while being so, so ready to get this part over with.

cross your fingers kids that i can pull this off.