And so it ends.... and it begins anew.

"Winter" Break is almost officially over and I can't say that I'm all that happy about it. The last two weeks were unbelievable, so to get myself back into a routine isn't going to be easy.

I spent 12 awesome days back in Indiana with my family and friends, and honestly, it made me miss home quite a bit. I like it out here, but nothing is the same as "home".

Back to class tomorrow and that means two new groups of students, and three classes that are exactly the same..... well.. nearly the same. I think I'm losing two of my Freshman, but adding 64 seniors... for the second semester sections of Senior Comp. This will be round #4 for me with the Seniors and I'm pretty sure that I've got the class down pretty well now. It took me all of about 2 hours to plan out my entire semester... day by day... so that must be a sign that I finally know what I'm doing. I'm looking forward to the new group of Seniors in every way except for the number of them. I think 34 kids are registered for my first hour class..... and I only have 30 desks in my room right now. I'm not entirely certain what I'm going to do about that come tomorrow morning. I think my classes are pretty balanced though, so it should be a fun group to work with.

So here we are... at the end of one road and the beginning of another. It should be an interesting semester... for a number of reasons.