I miss you, TFP!

Teaching + studies are keeping me on my toes this semester.

Enjoying teaching, loving the EM stuff, but having a rough time keeping up. I've been told by the other TA's that I'm on top of things, but I haven't found much time to breathe.

Just wanted to take a moment to tell people that I miss being a part of things - wish I could get to know all these great new faces.

Happy Birthday, Martian.
Thank you for giving me something to smile about on this date.

Life is busy.

I expected this class to be a lot of work. But what I didn't expect is to deal with the other students' constant complaining about said work.

It's actually less time-intensive than I anticipated, and far more simple.
I keep telling myself that they'll stop complaining once they get into the swing of things. But then again, I did that last semester and it only grew worse as the semester continued.

I don't understand the lack of work ethic around here.
It's starting to get on my nerves. Maybe I will choose a different institution for my PHD. It's a good place to learn a diverse set of skills quickly, but I don't find it academically stimulating. Perfect for a master's, which is what I'm working toward at the moment.

My sister has fallen in love with a new children's song from church, and she decided to send me an e-mail with the lyrics and a link to the audio of the song.
I have been having problems recently trying to define my personal role in life. Reading these lyrics only made me more frustrated.

Here are those lyrics.


Our Father has a family. It’s me!
It’s you, all others too: we are His children.
He sent each one of us to earth, through birth,
To live and learn here in fam’lies.

God gave us families to help us become what He wants us to be—
This is how He shares His love, for the fam’ly is of God.

A father’s place is to preside, provide,
To love and teach the gospel to his children.
A father leads in fam’ly prayer to share
Their love for Father in Heaven.

God gave us families to help us become what He wants us to be—
This is how He shares His love,...

Tt and I have enjoyed a lovely week in a cottage on the shore of Lake Michigan. We haven't had cell phone service or an internet connection - just relatives and sunsets. I'm currently outside a closed bagel shop using their free wireless internet. We're going back to civilization tomorrow.