I'm in Cleveland, with my family, and finally getting into the slo-mo mode. We had a minor plumbing emergency (try to find a plumber who wants to work on the holidays), and are waiting for him to finish to be able to go to the family gift exchange.
Life is OK - I'm physically almost all better, my sister is dealing with her cancer diagnosis, we'll be leaving town in time to spend a few days catching up at home (where I have a HUGE pile of papers to grade), and we're not completely broke (although this plumbing thing might send us over the edge).
I'm excited about teaching Physics. I hope I do a good job - most of the class is seniors, and I think they should have fun with it.
I'm hoping that my next group of Physical Science students is more prepared for the work - I found that the skill/interest/motivation level of the last group, in general, was severely lacking.
I still have to work on my PBS course; it runs for the next five weeks, I believe. So, as usual, I'm still in over my head with stuff to do. One of these days, I'm going to take a cruise, with NOTHING with me, and NOTHING I have to do.
I'll probably go stark staring mad.