Well, it's not quite summer yet, but I am teaching summer school. What a rough way to come back off of sabbatical. Four weeks of intensive courses and I'm on week three. It just doesn't seem to go fast enough. I'm sure my students are thinking the same thing. This week is a grammar course. Next week I'm teaching Reading and Writing. It's been rough.
Dissertation you ask? Haven't seen it in weeks...literally. I'm waiting until the end of summer school in order to work on it. I have a bunch of tapes that need to be translated before I can do more writing, though. A faculty assistant at the school has offered to transcribe them for me. There's no way I could get everything done without her help.
Finally, I have a new hobby. I've decided to take hula lessons here in Seattle. I'm sure the work on the dissertation has influenced my decision, but I'm enjoying it! I'm a beginner but have been slowly picking up on the dances. The halau (hula school) emphasizes both kahiko (traditional) and auwana (modern) hula styles. My legs and hip muscles hurt, but I love the feel of dancing with a group of people. They have Tahitian classes, too, but seriously, I don't think my hips will move that fast.
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