april check-in

I'm not sure that April has been all that busy a month, but it hasn't really lent itself to posts here.  But, rather than let the month pass unnoted:


  • I'm now on "extended-term" track for my lectureship position.  This means, hopefully, more job security, a decent raise, and a bit more of a sense of belonging in the department.
  • My goal of being in Vermont this summer is looking more and more realisitic.  Tentative plans include a three-day drive to VT, a house swap with a girl from Northfield who has a bunch of time off and can work remotely, daily biking in to Montpelier to "teach" my online course from one of their fine coffee shops, and some touring around the NE.
  • I went swimming this past weekend and didn't die.  I kinda want to go back for more, even.  Even if all I'm doing is the elementary backstroke for twenty minutes, I'm still moving muscles that obviously aren't getting much exercise otherwise.
  • I was supposed to see Willie Nelson (!!) in Cheyenne last week, but he got sick.  Hopefully it will be rescheduled for a date before I leave for VT.
  • Finally, some visual record of the month; here's a picture of the last remaining bones of a dead gas station, along Herrick Lane, from a trip Maggie and I took to Saratoga at the beginning of April:

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