2007 October: Robertson

I have come to the conclusion that I am the long winded one. oh well.

October went by so fast that I’m not sure what we did during the month. I started the month taking the GRE in Pocatello. I received my scores just last week. I didn’t do too bad. I did better than about 75 % of the people who took the test in the English segment, better than 63% of test takers in the math section and over 88% of the test takers in the written section. Not bad. I am hoping that my letters of recommendation will make the applications to graduate school really shine. I am still waiting for my results for the subject literature GRE test that I took. I enjoyed my 25^th birthday. At this point in time I could say some trite about time flying and the endless marching of the ages, but what’s the point.

School has been going on and on as usual. I am currently taking my 7^th graders on a whirlwind course of essay writing and personal responsibility. Side note: we have learned by sad experience that 7^th graders are not responsible and then complain to the teacher that they have no responsibility. Oh well.

I have officially been hired on at the university to teach two sections of philosophy 110 for the winter semester. Books have been ordered and my syllabus is almost done. As soon as Christmas vacation hits I will be scrambling to get a schedule for the class put together. I have also been asked by the university to be a panel member for their upcoming pre-professional conference that they are holding in a couple of weeks. Things are keeping me busy.

Morgan and the girls are having enjoyable if not hectic times at home. The girls are now crawling and Daria is starting to pull herself up onto objects. She can now pull herself into a standing position and will walk if someone holds her. Kyla is in no hurry to do either. She is content with her army style crawling and being entertained by Daria’s movement. They keep Morgan running around. She has found a little past time in listening to books on tape. She received a call one Saturday this month asking if she could come that afternoon and do some flowers for a wedding. She worked her magic and did the flowers for a wedding in about three hours. The people she did them for were very grateful and impressed with her work.

Love you,
Derik and the girls