I had a really good day at work today– this is certainly my best start to the school year in, well, years, and to be completely honest I wouldn’t be able to tell you what specific years might have started off more strongly. That said, it’s going to be 100 degrees for the next two days, another one of my former students died recently and I just found out last night, and if I don’t get a decent night’s sleep tonight I’m going to end up driving off the side of the road on the way to my awesome job tomorrow. So we’re going to make this a little mini update and go read on the couch for a while.

Also, for those of you who were concerned, I’ve gotten some balls rolling regarding the kid from yesterday.