Roll over and have a great semester!

I am SO excited to be back at school during the day. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy teaching at night too but, I enjoy semester long classes. I have so much I want to introduce to my class. We are going to be part of the "Food for Thought," learning community this semester and examine our relationship to food. We are going to participate in the Civic Mirror nation building simulation and create, divide, perhaps conquer one another as we learn how to legislate, raise families, provide resources for ourselves and our communities. I met with the new co-President, CFO and two of my co-advisers for the Phi Theta Kappa honors fraternity on Tuesday after the Kick Off celebration. Everyone is so excited, organized and eagerly anticipating all of the lessons we will learn and the adventures we will take on our journey to learn them. What a great time of year. It doesn't matter if you are in 3rd grade, as our college Pres. Mike Claire said at 'kick-off' the other day or, in college: the first day of school ROCKS!

I am having a little controversy already. I seem to have some friction with an older adjunct who likes to control how the world works. Unfortunately, it interferes with how I work. I hadn't seen this person in 8 months, before this last Tuesday. I decided to try to initiate a new relationship with this person, because I really don't think we are that different. In fact, we have a lot of the same hopes for our students. However, that fell apart yesterday. I can't explain why right now. Just know that it kept Ed and I up talking until 1am. I contacted my Dean. I told this person I will sit down with him, if my Dean is there. But, really....I reminded myself last night; don't sweat the small stuff. And, to be honest this is a pea in the bed...its small and if you roll over it won't even touch you. So, guess what? I am going to roll over. Because, I love school, I love my students and this is going to be a great semester.