Summertime...

It's that amazing time of year: Final grades were due yesterday at 9:00. Just a couple of meetings/workshops this week. Graduation on Saturday.

Now time for a brain shift...I love that summer pace. I feel all kinds of motivated to get lots of work done: send out some articles, get some conference papers going, get started on that promotion and tenure file. Even an ambitious list of goals seems more lovely this time of year. I am teaching a course for the first summer session, but again, even that's got its own summer feel. You can sleep in a bit, stay up a bit later, make your own schedule, sit outside on nice days, fire up the grill, do some gardening. Even the clothes are more comfortable.

Lovely indeed!