A new start

I don't have a whole lot to say, but that doesn't usually stop me from talking :-P

Two full weeks of lectures done. I played thermodynamics jeopardy on Wednesday, and that went really well for the most part. Today, though, I felt like I was more confusing than instructive. Who knows - that could just be my usual anxiety or it could be the truth. And of course it's probably somewhere in between. I confused my students on Monday by completely skipping over non-equilibrium conditions for isothermal expansion. So, I brought them breakfast today to make up for it.

I have no idea what to do with my life. I really don't think I can go back to being a student after being a professor for a year, even if it was med school. Gustavus has a tenure track opening in my field, which I'm going to apply for, but they want someone with post-doctoral experience. I'd love to stay here, though. Probably what I'll end up doing is applying for post-docs. And then maybe faculty positions at a med school, so that I can still be active in that field without going to med school.

I have to say, though, that I might not actually move back to California. I really have missed some things about the midwest. Now that I'm back here, it's hard for me to imagine a winter so bad that it would make me want to leave and not experience fall again. I love the smell of the crisp air during autumn. The colors are just beginning to change.

Wow, I'm tired. I've been staying up way too late this week, either on the phone or working on stuff for class. I did get my proposal for my January Term course done. I'm going to be teaching a Women's Studies course :) I've named the course "Fairy Tales and Modern Interpretations", and we're probably going to get to go to Chicago to see Wicked! It'll be really nice to read something other than chemistry in the evenings. Hopefully people will sign up for it. If fewer than 5 people sign up, then the course will be cancelled.

Okay, I need to go do something before I fall asleep.

TGIF