Aches and Joy

On Monday, I got a hair cut and what I first thought were really cool chairs, actually turned out to be a huge pain in my knees. Your legs hung the whole time and had no place to prop and it turns out that the weight of my calves, feet and shoes is more than my knees like. Even today, I am achy. Could be the lack of sleep and my age...:)

I won't perseverate on the Obama Inauguration except to say that it was emotional and joyful for me. I've been thinking lately about what a student said earlier this year about Presidents and how we should stand by them. At the time, I thought that my freedom as an American citizen meant that I could stand in peaceful opposition to my commander in chief idealogically, but that yes, in the end, I believed in the intellect and vision for the role of president. Today, I feel fully like I stand with our President and I like that-- and surely, over the course of his tenure, I will disagree with policy or rhetoric, but I like to think that on the whole, I am better represented in the oval office than ever before.

To grades: I need to submit grades for the term on Friday which means all blogging ceases at 10 am on Thursday. I read through people's blogs yesterday and the average blogger this month posted 10 times, and that number doesn't actually touch on the number assigned-- or offered (that number is higher:) So, check your blog to see how often YOU were writing.

Either today or tomorrow, please turn in to me a self-assessment of your writing this term and this course. Due to the nature of the assignment, you may type this up and turn it in as opposed to posting it if you so choose. Thank you in advance for a curiously funny and intriguing term of writing. Many of you used the blogging tool really effectively and I hope it allowed you to vent, process and create in a new way.

Have a stellar day!