Back to the Grind 2!

So spring break is over. It was far too short and I feel that I am definitely not as rested as should be before the beginning of a new quarter. The previous quarter was very busy indeed, and in the last weeks of the quarter I was working too hard - around 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. The students seemed to like my work, especially the students in my new class. I did try to give them a full academic curriculum as well as a nice time in class, using clips and figures. It seemed to be working and I am glad that they felt good with that. One of them has even left a comment that he hopes the department will keep me in the next years. After the comments in the fall quarter I am glad to have this kind of a feedback.

Meanwhile, it seems that we need to pass a driving test in order to obtain a drivers license from the matrix-controlled state we're living in. As newcomers to the US we are required to prove that our driver's license is real. This is of course absolutely preposterous: in order to take the driving test we will drive our own car to the exam center, and should we fail we will simply get back into the car and drive it back home. That's because our driver's license from Israel is apparently good enough for driving as tourists, but is not good enough for driving as Ohioans. As part of this ridiculous process we took a written driving test (aka "theoretic" test) and passed it (naturally). I was expecting to get the license right away and got very upset when I was told that I need to schedule a driving test. D received the news with much more acceptance than me, which is funny because it's usually the other way around.

Back to the quarter ahead of us: again, I teach two classes, only this time both of them are classes I have already taught, so there is much less work preparing for them (checking assignments and exams is still a hard work). I also take 6 credits of "research", which means that I am free to do whatever I want, as long as the adviser agrees with me. D is going to be very busy with a full curriculum and her part time work. The worst part is that I teach (as always) on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays starting at 8 in the morning, while she starts her day in the afternoon. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the opposite: she goes to work early in the morning, while I am not teaching, and intend to spend the time at home. Thus, we will rarely see each other at the university, and I will not have a partner for lunch.