Change Positions

Okay, I intended to write a lot about this, but I'm feeling sleepy and expecting to start early and go long tomorrow.

So, here it is: This afternoon I signed the contract that makes me Director of ETSU's Honors and Midway Scholars Programs. It's a pretty big deal. I'll have another office in addition to the one in the English department. I'll have a staff. Although I'll still teach a course a year in the Department of English, I'll be part of the Honors College.

I'll pass on more of what these changes mean when I know more about them.

In other news: This evening my little family and I drove over the mountain to North Carolina and ate at Pizza Roma in Mars Hill. We were joined there by five of our fellow Class of '77 members who are planning a 30-year reunion for September. We had a blast.

Five of those around the table went all twelve years together at the Marshall/Walnut/Madison schools. The other two of us went all twelve years together to the Walnut/Madison schools. (I'll explain more about this later.) All seven of us there went to school together from the 7th grade through graduation. I'll keep here a periodic record of plans and memories and such.

My son drove us over the mountain--his first big Interstate trip. And he drove us back over the mountain--his first nighttime driving experience. He did well.