THE Call from Human Resources

It’s official.

You all must address me as Professor from now on.

Lisa from HR (God bless her) phoned today with not one, but two job offers, one teaching academic mathematics and the other teaching college prep mathematics.  In the end, I chose the academic math position, for reasons I don’t need to write here, but not for reasons some of you may think. 

Forgive me for this, but this is a monumental day.  This is the fruition of a dream I had 12 years ago.  It’s not perfectly how I imagined it, but I know this is where I belong.

There’s going to be a party.  Look for details later.

Danny the Champion of the World

I finished reading my second Roald Dahl book ever this weekend.  (James and the Giant Peach was the first.)  Danny, the Champion of the World was a recommendation of sorts.  It was a fun sort of read that ultimately inspired me to be a…better?…dad.  I would recommend it to anyone looking for a whimsical tale.

I’m currently reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.  I’m on page 7, so I can’t make much of a recommendation yet, but it’s going well so far.

Good night.

Thanks and stuff

I just wanted to drop a quick thanks to everyone Sunday night for taking a turn entertaining my daughter.  That night, as she was going to bed, she kept repeating how much fun she had at Ben and Rachael’s.  You all saved me a touch of nausea, too.

I’m currently teaching a section of Cal I and a section of Introductory Algebra.  I’ve got two weeks and three days left.  Not that I’m counting.  In all fairness, both courses seem to be going well, but after teaching too many courses the first session, I’m still beat.

I hope to have more work news to share with you soon.