For twenty-six days this apartment felt like home.  Now it is just empty and cold.  I see one too many of everything, but I can’t bear to put them away.

For now, the unused chair at my side remains.

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The new course I had proposed and have been working on was finally approved and listed in the Spring09 schedule.  Unfortunately (and partially my fault), this only finalized less than a week before classes begin and approximately one month after registration officially closed.  So I have the one week drop/add period to try to convince at least 10 students to enroll, lest the course is canceled, and I am stuck with a section of Gen Chem lab.  The course prospects for the fall, at least, are much stronger.

On a side note, from a design perspective Arabic must be absolutely perfect to work with, as any word can be stretched indefinitely for any need.  Thanks Emily for teaching that me those long straight lines randomly appearing in written Arabic words mean essentially nothing!  This poster could certainly use a bit more uniformity and symmetry, especially in the top block.  Or maybe it is a good thing, distracting the eye from the lame Byrds reference.