Vermont

My Vermont residency was fabulous -- but it sure is great to be home. I was assigned a new faculty advisor (we change it up every semester) and I'm really happy with my assignment. I feel like I've hit the jackpot both semesters now, first with Robin Hemley and now with Sascha Feinstein. Sascha is primarily a poet, but he just came out with a book of essays similar to the writing I am doing. Lucky me.

Unfortunately, I came home to our minivan's slow and painful death. We got rid of it on Friday, and have been car-less ever since. That's right, car-less. As in "no car." Luckily for us, Jay takes the bus to work, the boys take the bus to school, and I work from my home office. (Actually, today I'm working from the couch in front of the fireplace because MAN, that walk to the bus stop was COLD this morning!) But obviously we're going to need groceries at some point, so we must go through the absolute torture of buying a new vehicle.

I'll let you know what happens....

Let's see, what else? I suppose I could post my latest columns. I took last week off because of Vermont, but I don't think I posted my "anniversary column" yet. Will do that!

Happy New Year everyone! xo, Jen