Oh my goodness, I am so far behind in this thread. The only reason I'm here now is because I have been hovering in the land of not-quite-asleep for more than an hour and cannot seem to turn off my brain. Bad brain. No biscuit. My stomach is also being cranky, which isn't helping.
I've been back at school for almost a month already, which seems impossible. Third week of classes? What? How? They are going really well, though. I really like what I'm teaching, and my students are pretty great. My journalism class is going so much better than I thought it would, which makes me really happy. I think this is going to be my last year as department chair, though, and I have really mixed feelings about it. Won't miss the politics and extra work, but I do like a lot of the other aspects of the position. Eh, I don't know. But there's someone else in my department who is qualified and wants the job, and it's better for all of us if we rotate that responsibility. See, look. That's me trying to be a grown-up about it.
I'm not going to get into money and the business and all of that because its deeply stressful, but I do plan to talk to another bank next week about starting the condo mortgage attempt all over again. ND is also going to call the SBA loan people this week to see if that's an option. Can't think about it too much right now or I'm never getting to sleep tonight.
Anyway, I do try to read the board when I can, though I often have to skim, and I'm thinking about all of you and wishing you well even when I don't type it out. Sorry I'm not more present.