It's official. The spring semester begins at KU this week, and I'm back to work! I actually started back last week full time and sporadically over the past couple of months, but this feels more official. I'm really looking forward to being back in the classroom this semester. This is my fourth semester teaching Steel Design and I love teaching this course. I'm excited about having a whole group of students that I've never met before - all 47 of them!
I travel to DC tomorrow for the annual Transportation Research Board meeting, coming back on Thursday morning just in time to teach my class... I have mixed feelings about this trip. It's the first time that I'll be away from Ceci for more than 8 hours, and DC in January is bleary at best. I have to say, I far prefer Lawrence in January. I wish this conference fell in a different season, because I really do like the museums and whatnot... I just think it's a depressing time of year to be in DC. Plus, I've really grown to dislike airtravel. I used to like it, but now I really just feel sick to my stomach the whole time. I'm flying out late in the day, so I suppose I can quell the jitters with a couple of G&Ts. There's a bright spot!
I didn't write a whole lot about our travels home over Christmas, but we really did have a good time. I'm always glad to get home, mainly because I'm perpetual homebody, but I miss everyone already. That really is the hardest part about living way out here... I miss family and old friends. It makes me sad that Cecilia doesn't see her aunts, uncles, and grandparents on a weekly or even daily basis like I did growing up. I guess she'll never know otherwise since it's all about what you're used to, but I think about it often.
Ceci started childcare full-time as of last week. Aaron and I are so happy that we found Christine and her wonderful family. Ceci seems so happy while she's there, and that relieves a lot of the stress of going back to work. We feel very, very lucky.
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