My Dogs are Mooing

See?  New content!  I promised it would happen...I just didn't say when... The school year is off and running.  I just celebrated my 37th birthday (yeah, that's right -- I'm not ashamed).  This summer had some wonderful highs and some disappointing lows, and time quickly went crawling by all at once.  The first day of classes seem like they were just yesterday, and yet tomorrow we are officially one-eighth of the way through the school year.   Since my students will be getting their mid-quarter grades, I suppose it's time to dust off my personal grade book and assess myself too. I had a lot of time to think over the summer -- the prize and the curse of not working.  While some of my reflection was personal (and, sorry to report, that's how it's going to stay), some of it was professional.  I made some goals for myself, and five weeks into school here's how it's going: Keeping my desk neater -- A- * I've been pretty pleased with myself here.  W