Countdown

• Eleven days until we go to settlement on the new house
• Ten days until we go to settlement on the current house
• Nine days until final project conferences in the Theatre Tour class
• Eight days until the movers arrive to begin the two-day move
• Seven days until we take possession of the new home in an early occupancy agreement
• Seven Days until I teach the last Theatre Tour class
• Seven Days until I paint the dining room in the new house
• Five days until my mentee presents his McNair project
• Four Days until I give a talk to the graduate student group
• Two days until the department's awards luncheon (with two of my students claiming awards)
• One day until I can return to normal vigorous exercise on the squash court, and begin losing the 8 pounds I've gained since the arm surgery

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• One day since Willow's nephew was born (Welcome Jack Roland!)
• One day since my mom left town
• Three days since the last Theatre Tour excursion
• Six days since an article was due to the editor