Nerdtastic!
I solved my one-unit problem today (as in, I had signed up for one fewer units than were required) by commiting to something fantastic. I’m going to learn Quechua! What have I gotten myself in to! I do hope you expect a whole blog full of “Arggg semantics!” and “Arrggg Quechua!” next quarter, cause that’s all I’ll really have left to say. At least I won’t be TAing that quarter. Wooooot.
TAing actually went really well today, despite the sort of boring subject matter that is phonetics. I think I got some kids to play with their mouths and discover their articulators and all that good stuff. Phonology next week, which should be most righteous. We just did contrastive and complimentary distribution in class today, so I think the next few lectures ought to be on phonological problems or processes. Yaaay.
Also had a nice hang-out in the TA office (as always!) and secured the plan that I’m going to find a home for my big silly red rug! Just gotta get the office swept up and vacuumed (and maybe have the floors washed? We can apparently request this) and then the rug will be in action! I’m so excited to finally have something to do with that thing. Anyway, I got some good teaching tips from fellow-TA Heather, and we agreed to meet tomorrow evening for drinks and non-linguistic chatter at Sudwerk, a tasty brewpub nearby. Lets give that a double yay for making friends and social events!
Only other piece of fantastic news today… I got some cleaning done! I spent the morning not doing any (school) work and actually getting some much needed house tidying and cleaning done. I got all the dishes washed, and swept and mopped the kitchen and entry way and bathrooms. It’s still not very tidy in here, but it’s certainly a good start. Those floors were looking pretty shoddy. But Lewis did laundry yesterday, and the rest of the house isn’t actually that dirty, so maybe this weekend in between transcribing my interview, I can finish that up. And finally plant our bulbs! Egad we’ve been busy.
Life is so good!