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August 10, 2004
Catching up on my world...
Well, just a little update on what has been going on in my life recently. It's currently a little under 4 weeks from the beginning of a brand-new fall quarter at RIT. As you may recall, I'm teaching full-time again on campus... Four sections of the same course (Introduction to Multimedia: the Internet & the Web) this first quarter. I'm glad to be back full-time... The previous year was pretty difficult and I have quite a bit of debt that I'm going to need to pay off in these first few months of having solid income again.
I'm getting an early start on my course preparation this time. More so than in the past because I really have to be well-planned in order to manage 4 sections of the same course simultaneously. I can't ad-lib as much as I usually would because I'll forget if I have covered something in one of the other sections or not. But I think my planning will really help things out.
Lori & I are doing well and I've gotten to see her a lot over the summer so far... It's been really nice to be able to just spend time at her home with her and her son... Just doing real-life together... Preparing dinner, putting her son to bed, going grocery shopping, etc. We've been able to "go out" a few times to a movie and/or a restaurant with friends, etc. Each Sunday I go to her church in the morning & participate in the small group that she leads... Then we hang out for a bit (maybe do a bike ride) and then go to my church (or its activity) in the evening. She comes to games (with her son) on Wednesdays as she can, and I've been getting to know her brother and the rest of her family. All is well.
Campus Crusade at RIT is about to get rolling in earnest for the new year. Hopefully we'll have all of the student leaders that we were expecting back in place soon, and we'll be able to launch a really exciting new year. The Fall Retreat looks like it will be a really great event, too.
Life in my apartment is going well (although I haven't been spending as much time around it as I used to... visiting Lori as often as I do) but we have renewed our lease for another 9 months so that it will expire at the end of next May (which makes sense for a variety of reasons... but mostly because it's a convenient stopping time for college students).
Let's see, what else is there... hmmm. I guess that's all of the important areas at the moment. I'm continuing to try to get organized and prepared for the future while throwing out some junk... Trying, in a way, to simplify my world. Hope everyone is doing well out there, I'll be trying to post a bit more often over the next month or so... Hope you're having a great summer... God Bless.
Posted by Andrew at August 10, 2004 03:08 PM
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Hey, Andy! Long time no see :-) I'll be back in Rochester this weekend. I was home on coop this summer spending some time with my girlfriend before she went off to law school (she moved to DC yesterday). Can't wait to see you again this quarter.
Posted by: John Miller at August 18, 2004 04:28 PM