Yeeee Haw!

I'm leaving today for a trip to El Paso to visit my brother, sister-in-law and niece. I have been already instructed that I will not in fact be allowed to cross the border to visit the motherland, but I will settle for throwing something into the Rio Grande. I'm thinking about throwing my Ichiro bobblehead. The trip is bittersweet; I'm thrilled to visit and spend time with family, but there is a shadow because it is an opportunity to spend time with them before my brother deploys in January. I know, I know, enough with the heavy shit, but there it is, staring me in the face. *Le sigh.* The day after I get back I will commence with my classes and/or hitting on members of the new cohort. Eewww. I just grossed myself out. (But seriously, fingers crossed.) I went to the store to buy school supplies the other day and came home with a pencil sharpener shaped like a wiener dog and some post-its. I feel prepared.