Good Evening,

I’m trying to stay ahead of the to-do list, and as a result, I’m putting together my first ~200 words on the sunday of a long weekend. If that doesn’t sum up my initial baptism into the program, than perhaps the fact that I have 20 items left on my list, and one day to cross them off, will. This is voluntary, not unexpected and not a complaint, and to be honest, I’m not even working that hard. I’ve only been following numbered instructions and logging in to one thing or other and creating account after account for the n-teenth time. Hello digital world.

Moving along, allow me to reflect on the past few weeks and then close with something punchy.

The class and faculty that are in place excite me a great deal and I am ready for the upcoming challenges. More to the point, I’ve been ready for 1 to 2 weeks now, and my feeling is that these preparatory stages have elaborated on what is going to happen long enough. “Time for things to happen,” I say. Having had my first group meeting, a very productive time, and looking forward to the problems ahead, I am ankle deep and anxious for more. Having said that, I can just hear a voice warning, “Be careful what you wish for.”  But for now, I am content thinking that everything will just work out.

t.