Uncooperative Crickets

So much...

Sorry about the delay. You might notice that I did not take a full month to write, so you are required to excuse me. Many things caused the delay: my grandpa died, I had to decide on a job, we are still planning a wedding, midterms came and went, I had to finish planning for the semester, I had to keep up with a new course.

Skye and I are moving to Minnesota in August. We aren't moving to the exact location we had planned (it is about an hour away from where I wanted to be), but it seems like it will be a fantastic job. I will get to teach pre-service elementary educators in a way that I like, I really like the faculty, I like the administration, there is a great campus culture (students attend classes, there is a big community feeling), and I really like the students. I'm looking forward to this.

Because of the move, we are going to buy a car. This is both exciting and annoying. Mainly, it is annoying. I don't want to spend the money on having something that I don't want to have to use. On the other hand, I need to use a car in order to maintain the lifestyle I want. I am pushing for an older Mercedes-Benz to convert to run on vegetable oil (Benz's are one of the only sedans that are diesel). I think that shopping for cars will be fun, and tinkering with the engine will be cool (this is the exciting part).

The latest big step in the wedding planning was a purchase of plane tickets for the honeymoon. We decided on Norway and Sweden, and I like this a lot. I started learning Norwegian today - I can say variations of three sentences so far. I'll practice again tonight before going to bed.

We saw Juno last night. It was good. I have more to say about it, but there are people reading who have not seen it.

Bob Mould is tomorrow night. I'm listening to his new album right now.

posted by Dirk Awesome @ 9:44 PM