For Xmas, Leah got me Settlers of Catan and the 5-6 player expansion set, which is incredibly awesome, as well as a hardbound copy of the complete poems of Emily Dickenson, and the Greatest Hits I-III of Queen. Yes, my life is a good one. Also, my brother's already told me what he's getting me, but since I haven't received it yet, I'm not posting.  But just for the idea, he's the best brother evar.

Also, with Xmas money from relatives, I bought two large squared Moleskine notebooks, one for teaching notes and one for sermon notes (the teaching more active, the sermon more reflective). I'm looking forward to using them both.

I start teaching so soon!  Seriously, I begin teaching Comp I two nights a week starting January 9th.  That is a thing people call "soon."

I'm thinking of starting a blogger account for more formal essayish things, and translations.  Right now, though, I'm wondering how I should do the copyright on all those blogs and posts; I don't mind this blog being "all rights reserved," but I'd kinda like my translations to be public domain; my essays perhaps a limited Creative Commons-style license.

Well, the first week of classes went well. I'm still really scared but I'm at least a little bit better. Rob, I think I may need a little coaching lessons in the what-exactly-do-you-do department; I think I could just run them through "how to write a research paper" in a week or two and then I'd have a full semester left. Plus there's that textbook nagging at me saying "don't make me a waste of their [parents'] money.

All in all, though, it's been fun. 100% attendence so far, nobody's dropped yet, and I have 'em laughing every once in a while, and overall they seem rather attentive. Well, this one guy was falling asleep, but I think it was probably due to freshman late nights more than anything else. And I could see he was really fighting it, which was nice of him. I've been in that situation more often than I'd like and know the misery of it all.

Also--being married? Best. Thing. EVER