First day back in town:

• up at 9:30 after falling asleep around 3am
• met  a colleague/friend for an early lunch
• attended a student poetry reading event on campus
• spent two hours going through my campus mail and continuing the office organization
• met with a student considering graduate study
• spent two more hours working in the office: cleaning, filing, responding to emails
• met four colleagues/friends for dinner
• called Niece #3 for a quick check-in
• paid bills
• talked to SG
• worked on a manuscript for an hour

I don’t normally go to student readings – forgive me, but the only thing worse than high school poetry is college poetry – but I got an email from one of the students involved last night, asking me to attend if I had the time.  Even then, I would probably have declined but three of my former students were involved in the event, and all of them are some of my favorite kids from my London program.  So, I went.  It was really nice to hear their work – I’m sure I was a bit biased but I thought they were the best of the bunch – and they seemed pleased that I came.  So, good use of time on my first day back!