First week down

Finished the first week of classes - came home and took a long nap, and feel much better. Hope to spend a couple of hours tonight working on Asher & Ysidro. I always find my writing improves if I've had a few days away from it, though this feels counter-intuitive when I have a deadline looming, and as I think I've said before, it's something non-writers find difficult to understand.

What I really need is down-time: video-games, Georgette Heyer novels, an evening studying Japanese. Since this isn't possible with three classes, I do what I can.

And, I enjoy teaching - which is a little odd, since I tend to be withdrawn in social situations. But I love walking around campus this first week or so of classes: love the energy of students and professors, love being amused at counting how many people in my line of sight are on cell-phones. (The construction on campus - and the effects of the budget-cuts - are getting on my last nerve, especially since one of the things cut was janitorial upkeep in the womens' bathrooms, which have gone from being simply disgusting to being a health-hazard).

I suspect I will neither sort out my desk nor tidy up the study until Christmas.