The past two nights, Ash and I have walked the dogs. Normally we go about 3-4 blocks in our neighbourhood but we ventured outside our realm on these trips. It’s probably a little over two miles, this walk, and is uphill a lot of the way. I feel really good for doing this and better in general. the past two or three weeks I have been in a general slump, feeling lousy, feeling lazy, and definitely feeling fatter. I am amazed at what a little bit of extra work can do for the body. Plus we went to the rock gym and I was much better than last week even, proving that if you’ve been away from something you did regularly for a while, it doesn’t take too long to get back into it.

Took my students to the library this morning, and I have high hopes that they’ll actually use the databases to do their research. I feel like each semester, we learn about good research and they still try to cheat their way by using half-assed internet sources that hint at books, instead of actual journals, magazines, newspapers and – gasp – real bound books. But we’ll see; I have expressed before my worries about this bunch. They seem to slack pretty hard in comparison to previous classes I have taught. And this is twelfth class I have taught in my short career as a Grad Assistant.

Today seems to be going fairly quickly and I feel motivated to get stuff done. This makes me very very happy. In fact, I am in one of the best moods that I can recall… the past week has seemed incredibly down, at least while I’ve been at work. When I get home, I always feel good about life.

So happy Thursday, y’all. How’s everyone doing today?