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My sister Sandra, never one to let me keep the spotlight for long, is turning 21 today, totally trumping my 23rd less than two weeks ago.:) Although I think it would be pretty fun to take my little sister out to the bars on her 21st and buy her a drink or six, I’m not sure the bundle she’s got baking in the oven would appreciate an alcohol-based marinade, so that’ll have to wait until February or so. Regardless, happy 21st birthday, Sannie-sannie. I love you, and I’m sorry I’m not down there tonight.

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As to the reason I’m not down in Des Moines celebrating with the folks and grandfolks tonight… who’da thunk they’d assign homework during orientation? Not I, to be sure. Regardless of my thoughts to the contrary (which didn’t seem to affect the outcome much at all, go figure), I have quite a bit of homework tonight, and an early-ish start (7:30am) tomorrow morning.

Today was pretty fun, though a little overwhelming. I left this morning, grabbing my bookbag on a whim, with a notebook containing roughly ten sheets of paper. I came home with a third of those pages filled with notes, two folders stuffed to overflowing with information, five textbooks, and probably a good $30 in freebie office goodies.

I also left very confused on one very important point. According to the online schedule of classes, viewable here (just look for Glazebrook, R), I’m supposed to be teaching on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2pm - 3pm in 68 Carver. According to what they told me today, I’m actually teaching from 3pm - 4pm in 210 Hamilton, which is on the other side of campus. I asked them to verify, and they insisted that the latter was correct. However, when I checked online as soon as I got home, the registrar still seems to think I’m teaching the former. Looking closer at the registrar list, I see that they believe I’m teaching section 25, while the English department seems to believe I’m teaching section 26. This could be a problem. Hopefully, a problem I can solve soon.

Anyways, I think I’ll go start my homework now. I envy you people in Des Moines eating real food. I just finished a hearty bowl of ramen for dinner, having found nothing better to eat. Maybe I should go to the grocery store tonight, as well. :)