Not. Obviously. I'm embarrassed to see that my last post here was more than three years ago! I started this blog as a class assignment at The University of Texas at Austin and resolved to continue it as a venue for working through my struggles and sometime triumphs as a student and teacher. My re-entry into academia in the summer of 2009 has proved to be a roller coaster ride in every sense of the phrase. Every semester I tense with a combination of dread and anticipation on the slow climb upward toward major project/assignment/exam, thrill to the accelerated rush of research, writing, and presentation, and heave a sigh of relief as the semester comes to an end. Then as I disembark, I'm ready to do it again and register for another semester with the best of intentions to maintain a balance in my various roles and responsibilities. Those intentions, like New Year resolutions, soon fall by the wayside. At this moment, I would love to be outside on my bicycle, but as soon as I sign off here, I have reading to do for today's class assignment. And so it goes.
