August 30 2025

First week of senior year done! I’m really going to enjoy film theory, poetry, creative nonfiction, and politics in science fiction film and literature. The sci-fi class is nearly 3 hours long. It’s only once a week, so that’s good. But sitting still for 3 hours is going to be torture.

The math class isn’t that bad. It’s just the amount of time it takes. I can read and write lightning fast. But I have to slow down for the math. That’s even more torturous than sitting still for 3 hours. But thank goodness it’s online and I have access to tutors if I need it. When you haven’t done this type of math for over 30 years, it’s like trying to learn a foreign language!

Just a reminder that I won’t be on social media much during the semester. If you message me and don’t hear from me in about a week, give me a nudge. You’ll see me pop in on the weekends, though. Here’s my stack of books for the semester. So exciting! The math book is digital. Thank goodness! Oh, it is so very cool when I’m walking to class and I look up to see my kid walking towards me. I really love that so much! xoxo

Limber – essays by Angela Pelster
Brown Neon – Essays by Raquel Gutiérrez
Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
African American Poetry – 250 Years of Struggle and Song
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
Collected Poems of Rita Dove: 1974-2004
Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker
The Art of the Personal Essay
Super Gay Poems by Stephanie Burt
Husbandry – Poems by mathew dickman