Weekend Update(s): Hiatus, End

Notice that the ribbon is missing? BET YOU DIDN'T.

It's been busy, busy, busy here over the past couple of weeks. After getting the new teaching job (that I'll be performing in addition to the other I already had lined up for the fall) two weeks ago, I just got slammed with the brunt of new and change and now: developing two separate curriculums and creating my syllabi and class plans for the fall quarter, last minute doctor appointments, an all-of-a-suddenly necessary new laptop purchase, buckling down and researching in earnest for a new car. In particular: these new purchases, though exciting, are absolutely terrifying. Spending large sums of money all at once gives me a terrible case of "adult Steve Martin" syndrome:

This is, basically, how I do anxiety: panic attack as toddler's temper tantrum, with a dash of conspiracy theory mixed in for good measure (this is also just what my mom calls being a Hysterical Cuban, which I'm starting to suppose is an inherited trait). Anyways. Now that I've wrangled together a solid routine for the fall, I'm looking forward to returning to our regularly scheduled programming of the quotidien interspersed with the scholarly and/or bizarre.*

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* p.s. I checked in on the blog hit statistics this morning and was absolutely tickled by some of the recent google searches that have landed people here during my absence: apart from the ubiquitous and near-daily Enriqueta Martí searches, we have "books on 16th century european cannibalism," "embarrassing postcards," and -- my absolute favorite -- "thanks for spoiling my day." YOU'RE WELCOME.