Life is going great: I’m doing well at my job and with graduate school. It’s just too bad that I’m so bored with my routine. On the weekends, all I do is grade papers, plan, and do tedious work in search of my Masters degree. Grading papers and planning isn’t that bad, but if I have to write another reflection on educational philosophy, I think I’m going to slip into a permanant narcoleptic state!!! Grrrrr!!!

On a brighter note, I looked at a house for sale today. I really like it. If I can get the loan for it, I think I’ll go for it. It has redwood siding, and two rooms that were added on about 20 years ago are solid redwood. It’s gorgeous. Instead of throwing this rent money out the window, I’d like to build some equity. Somehow I don’t think I’ll get the loan, but who knows. I threw my hat into the ring. The most they can do is say “NO!”

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

I just got back from Mom and Dad’s with a load of my books. I’ve been slowly funneling all my books to this place since I moved in. This tote-full had been MIA until Dad found them yesterday.

Most are computer books, but my stats and quantitative analysis text were in there too. I’m glad I found them. I really like crunching student data: Stats, when taken with a grain of salt, can be a powerful way to see hidden trends. Right now, I’m really interested in the correlations between students performance/attendance and Socioeconomic Status (SES). The correlations have been studied to death, but I want to do some models myself, just to see how “statistically normal” my students are.

I found my Ender’s books too! I forgot how awesome they are. I think I read Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow back to back in 2 days.

I no longer have “miles to go before I sleep” (at least for a little while). I don’t get to feel this way very much. All is well in my little world at the momment. Now all I gotta do is drink a Red Bull to wak e up :)

I bought some of those Endust wipes for electronics, and I must say, they do a fantastic job. Cleaning an LCD with Windex usually leaves a wierd purplish film which blurs the display. The Endust wipes left my LCD, CRT, and TV screen spotless. If you’re an electronics clean freak, you’ll probably want to get some.