two entries in october!

that's pathetic, isn't it?

truth is i've got a lot going on that i'll try to elaborate on in the next few weeks. more news later.

my dad and stepmother are visiting for a week. we've done the basic oxford tour--christ church, covered market, etc. etc., and today we're headed to stonehenge and maybe the cotswolds for a day trip.

wookie is recovering just fine, except for the fact that he now seems to be completely deaf. we looked it up on the Internet and found that deafness is a common result in older dogs after long periods of being under anaesthesia. poor dog!

but actually, i think the deafness might in the end be not such a terrible thing... he sleeps better, and he doesn't shoot up and run barking at the door every time he hears the mail slot rattle. and he never came when we called him anyway... so his hearing was never really any good to him except to annoy him, so I think it's no huge loss. looking on the bright side maybe, but that's how it seems to me at the moment. he seems like a very happy dog, plus he's got clean teeth and slightly fewer bumps on his fat little body to irritate him. and his hair's growing back, so he's even returned to his beautiful old self again.

teaching has died down after the summer, but i've got a regular gig at the university 4 hours a week (including a staff card that gets me discounts and benefits--yay!), and my boss is giving me a good number of hours at my day school, so that's good. i've got to try to drum up more private business. time to drop down to charging winter rates, i think. ah well.

anyway, got to jog this morning, so i'd better be off. hope to post more regularly and give a true update...