Quick Write

Highlights.

First of all I love my students this year. They are dorky for sure but so full of energy and happiness and I'm glad to glean a little bit of their joy.

Next, I am writing. For reals.

Also, I went to Moab and I love Moab. I love Moab more than New York City, more than Yellowstone. I think I would love Moab more than Paris, more than San Diego. But not more than Hawaii. Nothing is better than Hawaii. But Moab is mine.

I rode my bike next to Maxwell for miles and miles and miles. If you have teenage children, you know what a rare pleasure that is.

I have been reading like a mad-woman. Some books are wonderful. Some books suck. Some books by fancy people on fancy lists suck.

I downloaded Crime and Punishment. What the hell was I thinking? I'm going to read it like a good booky sort of person should. My kindle says it will take me 20 hours to read it--and adds another hour every few pages. Why do I have a kindle that consistently calls me a dumb, slow reader? Why can't it just lie to me like Ann Taylor when she says I'm a size 2? I'm also reading a lot of crap teen fiction so that I can recommend that my students read it...why? Because (Take a breath here! This is 2 years of college coming out right now) students think adult books are crappy.

Also, I got a package in the mail from Kimberly. She sent me clothes from India and I am wearing one today. And she sent me a postcard with a picture of Frida Kahlo and I was planning to be Frida Kahlo for Halloween. How strange that after all these years our hearts still beat to the same drummer. You can take the girl out of Provo, but you can't take the Wild-Bohemian-Provo-Amazonian out of the girl.

Happy Afternoon!