After another crazy week, I was able to get out and do some fun things in the area. Two of my colleagues invited me to join them at the Greek Festival in Toledo on Friday night. There is music and dancing and some other activities, but the main thing is the food. Everything I tried was great! We also got to tour the church, which was beautiful. There were huge stained glass windows and detailed paintings inside. It was fun to spend some time with people outside of the office.
Also this weekend in Bowling Green was the Black Swamp Arts Festival. It seems to be a very popular event, and I actually required 2 of my classes to check it out. I figured it was only fair for me to go, too! :-) Mark's professor was playing with a jazz group on one of the stages there on Saturday morning, so we went to listen to that for a bit, then walked around. We didn't buy anything, but it was a nice atmosphere. Definitely something to check out if you're ever here the second weekend of September.
We also drove up to Toledo on Saturday afternoon to do a little more clothes shopping. I think we've been able to get most of what we'll need until the winter. (Although I'm still looking for a pair of khaki's to replace my worn-out ones...I've been looking for over a year now.) We had lunch at Steak and Shake while we were up there, too.
Otherwise, things are going along as expected. We're busy, but mostly enjoying what we're doing. I've got great students and colleagues, and Mark is really having fun teaching. I do still feel like I haven't gotten my routine figured out, but I think things are working out okay despite my feeling frazzled on a regular basis. I still hope that will pass with time.
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