A boy named Sue

I think I can get used to this business of three day weeks--I'm quickly becoming spoiled to four day weekends. I'm hoping that with all this free time, I might actually be a bit more productive.

Even though I'm only taking two classes this semester, I still have a lot going on. I'm enjoying my classes for the most part--especially the one I'm taking about feminist readings of Latin American/Iberian texts (which is a good thing I suppose, since this is the area of scholarship I want to eventually move into).

Co-chairing this year's symposium is also an added source of stress. I'm feeling excited about the way things are beginning to come together--I'm especially excited about getting to meet Alicia Kozameh, who will be coming from Los Angeles to give a public reading and deliver the plenary speech during the symposium. I'm just hoping that we receive a sufficient number of paper abstracts for this year's symposium to be a success. The deadline for abstract submission is this Friday, so we'll see what happens.

I really want to buy a recliner. I've been searching around on craigslist and haven't really found much of anything, unfortunately. The reason I'm wanting a recliner is so I'll have a comfortable place to do my reading. When you have lots of reading to do, sitting at a desk staring down at a book becomes uncomfortable very quickly. And reading in bed somehow always leads to sleep. So, I'm hoping I can find a recliner and that my problems will be solved. Well, at least this one problem.

As my parents 25th wedding anniversary draws near (a little over two weeks away), there still remains a great deal of planning/organization to be done for their party. I spoke with Patrick tonight though, and we hammered out lots of the details. I'm flying back to Kentucky on February 28, and I'm looking forward to seeing my parents and family. I think it will be a complete surprise to my parents, and they deserve some recognition for putting up with each other for twenty-five years. I know there have been plenty of times when it's been less-than-easy for them. Cheers to them!

I realize that the topics of this post ended up rather random and unorganized, but I haven't written in a while and just wanted to get some thoughts down to perhaps get me into the swing of writing again.

Hasta la proxima.