It's 9:30 pm and Josh has been in bed for an hour already. He suddenly came down with a sore throat today. It is sad. So me? I'm just putzing around, even though I should probably be reading the novel I have to give a presentation on next week.
We got the last of our wedding invitations out in the mail this past week. Feels good to have that out of the way. Check one more thing off the list. We've gotten a few RSVPs already, and our list of people coming is already at 64! And we haven't heard from the majority of the people yet! If you don't get an invitation within the next week, and your feelings are hurt that you're not invited, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Today we met with our (new) caterer (since our previous reception site/caterer went bankrupt--oops), and we selected some tasty choices for the wedding reception dinner. I'm getting more excited every day. 41 more days!
I found out I get to teach a section of Creative Writing next semester! Yay--finally something other than grammar & composition. But I also have to teach a section of Intro. to Literature. Any suggestions for a novel that is fewer than 250 pages, but one that freshmen could really get into? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time worked well last semester, but the problem is that it's such a new novel that there's no scholarship on it--which makes writing a paper on it very difficult for those poor kids.
Last night Josh and I made Tandoori chicken, Greek salad, and baba ganouj for supper. Mmmm.
This post feels fragmentary and boring. Apologies. I will check on Josh now. Maybe go to bed myself.
I will leave you with a delightful photo of us:
Saturday, November 18, 2006
a quiet Saturday evening
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ah yes, delightful. You look so happy!
How about one of Louise Erdrich's novels? She's from North Dakota, so you could do some interesting stuff with regionalism. _Love Potion_ is most popular, I think, and has quite a bit of scholarship--I remember writing a paper using two of her novels for one of Schelhaas' classes. However, I think that it might be longer than 250 pages. (I have to put a plug in for my favourite author.)
What is the menu for your reception (you're going with Timmy's, right?) We will probably start planning ours soon, and wouldn't want it to be exactly the same as yours. :) (Unless, of course, it's supposed to be a surprise--in which case, I guess we can wait.)
Miss you, can't wait to see you in just over a month! gasp!
That is a delight-ful picture indeed.
i read _tracks_ by Louise Erdrich this semester, and i really liked it. but for some reason i feel somewhat uncomfortable teaching a Native American text--I don't know why. maybe because i'm not knowledgeable at all. i don't know.
i'm kind of debating whether _the virgin suicides_ would be a good choice. there's a lot of interesting things going on in that novel.
i don't remember the exact menu for our reception. it's not a surprise, but it feels funny writing it on the intronet. :) i doubt people will remember if we had the same thing....
yes, very excited to see you!
there. i posted a comment on your blog.
i don't know exactly what you might be looking for for a book to read with your class. i suggest something by john steinbeck. maybe tortilla flats or cannery row. they're both really good short novels.
the dharma bums by jack kerouac.
Baba ganouj? Mmmm sounds good, I had some at the nice Lebanonese restaurant at the end of our street, which is next to the egyptian restaurant, if you need a point of reference. :)
Oh, by the way I'm coming to your wedding. :)
What a cute pic!
. . . a week later I am looking at your blog and you are in bed sick!
I'm sure your next post will feel more satisfying.
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