Got No Brakes

I am the only one here. It is very quiet. It is strange.

I feel like I am speeding through this semester, headed towards some sort of large dropoff that I can't avoid. Eventually, I will find myself at the bottom of that dropoff, completely dazed and wondering how the hell I got there.

A lot of it has to do with the monumental amount of life-changing events occuring this semester. Among them include friends dying, teaching for the first time, graduating, speaking at graduation, and getting a real job. There's a pretty good chance I won't even be in Eau Claire next semester. It's all very exciting, but I don't really think I've quite grasped the enormity of it all yet.

Hell, this time next year I will be on the other side of the country, hopefully adjusting to my first real teaching job. Damn, Gina.

This 4 day break will pass too fast. Tomorrow I go to the Cities to spend Thanksgiving with Alison's family. On Friday Alison and I are headed up North to see my folks, and to bum around. On Sunday I'm back in Eau Claire, working in the afternoon, then it's back to the grind.

I'm starting to tire of teaching someone else's classes.