i too forgot my password to this thing!
arrived in boulder yesterday after a languid road trip, full of good times. met robin's baby alexandra, saw erika and marie and steve in chicago; hung out with matt, mati, and nick in urbana, punctuated by siam terrace and beet chips at crane alley --and the next morning brunch at radio maria in champaign with todd. yum. ... st.louis was a blur of good food and amazing glass (pictures to follow, from jacob's camera, my battery's dead and charger in mpls)...met kell and passed a lovely afternoon with tara in blue springs, followed by a super two nights with aimee and travis...strolling the downtown of manhattan kansas.
got here yesterday, and today was the first day in the shop. feels good, solid. like the vibe of the folks i've been introduced to, very happy to be with becca in a townhouse.
i'm going to learn a lot this summer. right now it's a little like looking into a big, vast.....thing but you don't know what you're supposed to see. it'll be great.
the biggest news EVER POSTED ON THIS BLOG is that i have a new job in minnesota when the summer's over.
last week i was hired at gustavus adolphus college to be the costume shop manager, the resident designer, and to teach one course in the fall. it's a year's position, and i hope i'll get to stay on a few years as it seems like a good, focused, centered place, and one where i can develop as a professor while i help develop their department. i wish i'd had the time to post during the week i got the job --i was so much less saturated and practiced at talking about it for those first days... kept waiting for some other shoe to drop. a solid job, with benefits and a retirement plan. stability with so much going on everyday that i can't imagine being bored. i may not love every day of it, but i won't be bored. and right now, i think i *will* love every day of it.
ok,
photos from the chihuly exhibit (at the missouri botanical gardens, thru Oct 31st... check it out if you can!!!)
