Trent's been spending long hours at work due to several lengthy rain delays during Braves games. The rain is good (keeps the grass green, while the house is on the market) ...
Look! There he is at the game on Friday night, pulling the tarp. Isn't he cute!
As for me, summer school has begun, and I'm loving it! I'm teaching our 6-credit hour Principles of Writing Instruction course, and my students are fabulous. I'm also advising for the program.
I also received word from Wichita State's Provost that my contract will go through, so it's pretty darn official that we'll be heading back to Kansas ... though possibly not at the same time, if the house doesn't sell soon. :-( We've got two months until I need to move, and we're just trying to enjoy our home as much as possible. It beats living in an extended stay motel (which is what we would be doing, if it had sold right away). So far, we've just had one showing and one open house (where the only people who showed up were some neighbors and one interested real estate agent). Oh well.
I also received word on Friday that one of my articles has been accepted for publication in a fall issue of a refereed journal in my field. That, along with a book chapter that should come out in December, will be a good start to my research career at WSU. Yay!
In other news, Trent and I will be competing in a sprint triathlon in Newnan, GA, next Saturday. (600m swim - 15 mile bike - 5K run). I'm really excited about it, after training more seriously for this race than any other previous tri's, and Trent is excited too, even though he hasn't been able to devote as much time to training with the Braves season in full swing. We'll let you know how it goes. :-)
Look! There he is at the game on Friday night, pulling the tarp. Isn't he cute!
As for me, summer school has begun, and I'm loving it! I'm teaching our 6-credit hour Principles of Writing Instruction course, and my students are fabulous. I'm also advising for the program.
I also received word from Wichita State's Provost that my contract will go through, so it's pretty darn official that we'll be heading back to Kansas ... though possibly not at the same time, if the house doesn't sell soon. :-( We've got two months until I need to move, and we're just trying to enjoy our home as much as possible. It beats living in an extended stay motel (which is what we would be doing, if it had sold right away). So far, we've just had one showing and one open house (where the only people who showed up were some neighbors and one interested real estate agent). Oh well.
I also received word on Friday that one of my articles has been accepted for publication in a fall issue of a refereed journal in my field. That, along with a book chapter that should come out in December, will be a good start to my research career at WSU. Yay!
In other news, Trent and I will be competing in a sprint triathlon in Newnan, GA, next Saturday. (600m swim - 15 mile bike - 5K run). I'm really excited about it, after training more seriously for this race than any other previous tri's, and Trent is excited too, even though he hasn't been able to devote as much time to training with the Braves season in full swing. We'll let you know how it goes. :-)
Happy Memorial Day weekend, Fiddler Kin. Love to you all!
1 comment:
Thanks for including the nice picture of Trent with your post, Katie. It sounds like both of you are very busy. Congratulations on getting your work published. You wow me all the time, Katie. Now a chapter you wrote for a book will be published. Double, no. Triple WOW! I think that is fabulous. I bet your writing students love you too. No wonder WSU wants you.
The housing mkt. will probably pick up as the summer progresses. I think things will work out for you. You send a lot of positive energy into the universe.
Good luck with the triathlon. You and Trent sure know how to expend energy.
Happy Memorial Day!
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