the first day

so, the first day of class for me was thursday the 27th.  and, it was a good one.  i really enjoyed getting to meet each of my classes and to begin to get to know who my students are.  they seem like a lively and engaged bunch so far.  i feel like the semester will be a fun one, once it gets started.

first days are always hard for me.  there's a lot of talking and "entertaining" that i have to do, and the whole thing just lacks momentum.  that takes a few weeks to start to really build.  so then i end up in a kind of limbo--all that remains to be done over the course of the term seems so daunting, but there is relatively little work that has to be done immediately.  so, here i am.  pressing through the limbo part and eagerly anticipating the part where the gears click in and the ride of the semester really begins.