posted 2006/08/01 at 17:10
The heat wave definitely has Toledo by the proverbial balls here now. 95 degrees and heat indexes over 105 two days in a row here, and we'll probably have more of the same tomorrow before we cool down on Thursday. Even though I've got plenty of stuff to do here at the house where it's nice and air-conditioned, I still wish it were cooler out so I could maybe go to a coffeehouse to do MA exam reading instead of spending yet another day here.
Related to that subject, we appear to have solved the problem of the smoke detectors constantly going off. We're now running a fan over the smoke detector in my sister and brother-in-law's bedroom (which has always acted a little strangely), and that seems to have solved the problem of the detectors constantly going off. This couldn't come soon enough for me, given how much those alarms were making me mental.
I may not teach this coming semester; as a "lingering" grad student I'm already at the back of the line in terms of assignments, and I may decide to take a part-time position at UT's Writing Centre instead if it fits into my schedule better. I'll be teaching again at the start of the new year no matter what anyway, and hopefully at that point I'll be able to finally command the type of money that would enable me to get my own place. We'll see how it goes. I still have a lot more I want to write about the whole grad school and teaching thing, but now isn't the time for that. Maybe later.
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