Fall "Break"

Today I find myself in the incredibly rare position of not being about to teach, not just coming from teaching, not feverishly grading quizzes, not agonizing over my mid-pro review statement, not pumping, not chopping up veggies to puree, not seasoning meat or boiling pasta and not glued to a baby. Nice.

We have today and tomorrow "off." Not really off because I have mid-pro hanging over me until Monday, quizzes and compositions to grade, grades to input. I'll just say, I have two days to procrastinate not doing these things while also not teaching. Otherwise known as Fall Break.

I wish I had more exciting things to talk about other than I'm busy, blah, blah, the baby, blah, blah. Don't get me wrong, though, the baby is a cutie:

Those cheeks! Those eyes! That wispy curly hair! Those kissable lips! It's too much, it's just too much.

My husband is defending next month. I know he is so glad to have this monster of a dissertation nearly behind him. Lord knows how I felt when I sent off that draft to the committee:

via GIPHY

But then comes the next steps. There's always the next steps.

We've found a bit of stability here and would like to stay, but things are still up in the air. (sigh.)