Summar

First week of work's done. Getting up early (5:30) isn't so bad, despite the fact that days before I started I was still sleeping in until 10 or 11 every day. I feel pretty much as tired no matter when I wake up, unless I keep setting my alarm ahead 15 minutes at a time for an hour or two, in which case I will feel much worse.

Basically for work (which is at a golf course, the 9th rated one in the US--they had the PGA there in 1927 and decided not to do it again because the crowds messed everything up) I get to mow greens in the early morning and chase down random grounds keeping the rest of the time. Pretty standard stuff I guess. The other people on the crew have all been there at least a few years, so I've gotten some standard new-guy treatment, but it's all right. 8 hours a day, out at 3, not so bad.

The area up here in northern Michigan is pretty slow in May; it'll pick up in another 3 weeks, but for now, it's pretty quiet and coooold in the morning. I've already helped build another pond in the front yard with Grandma and the puppy. The puppy, Peggy, is a little hyper dachsund who runs around a lot and is really into chasing people's feet. If you're barefoot she nips your toes, and if you pet her she nips at your fingers. If you tie your shoes she goes haywire...

Besides all that I'm trying to get geared up for more writing. I started a short story that I had a good idea for but am still poking around at finishing it. Hoping to use that for a warmup before diving back into redrafting my other book. And at some point I need to start thinking of how to do a little preperation for teaching in the fall. I don't know that much about it yet.