Busy But Productive

Life has been busy, but happy. The short of it all:

The PUP is working great. All modifications are holding up so far, and I hope to make one more this weekend.
Classes are in full swing. So far so good. 101 is always tough slogging early on while the freshmen get their college legs under them, but they’re a good group.
My “spare time” life as Jeep armorer required an enormous time crunch that cost me a couple of weeks of sleep … but it seems to be in steady rhythm now.
The wee lass took a significant blow to the head from one of those “carriage” swings. I wasn’t there, but apparently the poor thing was shot airborne. Seems to be fine now, though, other than one big ol’ scab across half her forehead.
I’m about 1/3 finished with a super secret new novel project.
I did a heavy edit on the introduction to a scholarly edition of a medieval Italian text I cannot actually read.
Another of my undergraduates got a paper he wrote for me accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. So many students have the potential, but few take me up on it when I tell them that if they work with me — writing, rewriting, researching, and rewriting some more — there’s a good chance I can get them in print. This young man took the challenge and succeeded.

And last but not least…