Okay, there are often times when I really want to write a blog entry, but since I haven't "built a proper foundation" (Evidence term there) it wouldn't make sense. So, I'm giving up on the good entries I had composed in my mind, and I'm giving a general outline of what I've done for the last 3 months and moving forward from there.
I left Kalamazoo on August 13 and took a train from there to Chicago, then to SLC. Beautiful country, nothing to have to worry about on the train - should have taken more fun things to read. Going through the Rockies was gorgeous. Fun experience.
Got to Utah. Had no home for the next 6 weeks. Fortunately my car was still running at that point, since I lived out of it. Thanks to my friends Sara and Sherilyn I had comfortable places to sleep and shower. And thanks to them and several others I never went hungry either.
Looked and looked for housing but nothing felt right. I had felt strongly about a couple of factors and could not find something that fit what I felt. Finally toward the end of Sept. I found a great apartment that I'm enjoying. It's a large, nice apartment above the 3 car garage of a big mansion house. Yard, neighborhood, etc... is all very beautiful. The views from my windows include Mt. Timp, Squaw Peak, etc... Lovely. It's more expensive than I wanted, but when I left from going to see it, I felt so good. And many other searches had left me feeling hollow - so, I'm trusting that all will be well. So far it's been wonderful. I enjoy having my own place, a lot. My landlady and her frequent guests (sister, etc...) are friendly and fun. And most of the time I'm at school anyway.
School. The first week of law school I was not in class because I was in a week-long training for English. I did a lot of catch up, but have managed to still do fine all semester. And English. I am teaching a freshman English class - Rhetoric and Composition. I'm one of many graduate instructors - what I didn't realize until orientation is that all but Sherilyn and I are English students. We're the spice of variety. :) So, I have a class of 20 students that I teach twice a week (75 min. classes). It's lot of fun. It does take way too much time - but I'm hoping this semester is investment and it will be easier/less time consuming as time goes on. Already it's better than at the beginning of the semester. And mostly I just LOVE teaching. I always have, I imagine I always will.
This semester at law school I'm taking the following classes: Evidence, Family Law, 14th Amendment, editing for Journal of Public Law (the bane of my existence), and English Pedagogy (a graduate class I have to take to teach). They're all quite interesting (well, the journal has mostly just been a chore). I feel like I've learned so much - since last year, but also just this semester. And since I can now understand what I'm learning, it's much, much more enjoyable. I also enjoy the camaraderie with my classmates and the other English teachers.
Lots more little stories, but that should suffice for now and I'll give more updates in the days to come.
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