So I miss Mark even though it's been a day after our nine-day streak, as he's all sniffly-like, and I sympathize with the sudden wall-hitting exhaustion. Rob is also off to Taiwan for a family thing.

The exciting thing at work is not so much the mysterious baby that was bornded on Monday even though we'd heard or seen nothing about it, bht the possibility that I could move into a more adminstrative role next year, with a focus on data analysis, presentation, and management. I must say that after almost six years in the classroom, I do need a change of pace, or at least a chance to teach older students and harder material than I have been--I feel this all the more as I've benn recycling verbatim my work from two years ago...