Hello furry friends! I realize it's been ages since I've said or done anything on here, so I think it's about time I give a short update on what I'm up to and where life's headed for me.

Back at the beginning of June my boyfriend,  alice-friedman , moved into the house after what felt like ages of waiting for that moment. We've been working on getting him settled into the house, finding a job (which was successful largely thanks to  cr4shb01), and navigating the who-wakes-up/sleeps when and all that that comes with living together. All in all, it's been going quite well.

This summer has kept me busy with schoolwork. I'm taking German for my secondary modern language proficiency (did French two years ago) and also because half of the research I need to do is tangled up in German academic articles. I'm also teaching the second half Latin Reading Proficiency for Grad Students class, where we actually get to read a little extended narrative. Been through some Caesar, Cicero, Sallust, Seneca, Augustine and today's assignment is the Letter of Heloise to Abelard. Midterm tomorrow, then poetry segment.

In addition, I've been given clearance to start the preliminary work on my dissertation project, despite still being in coursework. Thus, I've been compiling a massive research bibliography and hunting down resources to study the Historia Augusta, a strange pseudo-biographical work written sometime in the 4th century AD about the Roman emperors from Hadrian to just before Diocletian. It's delightfully tabloid-esque and makes for an amusing read. The actual scholarship on it is kinda one-note and all coming from one major school, whose opinions I don't necessarily agree with so far. Which is great for the eventual dissertation-writing stage of things.

I'm still singing at the Episcopalian church in town for a side job and in a week will be conducting the anthem in the absence of the music director.

I'm taking a trip back home to Massachusetts at the beginning of August and hopefully will get to see a few friends along the way. It's too much of a drive for me to make it all at once, in any case. Future cons will be interesting, as most of my usual cons are probably off the schedule for this year. IFC falls on the day of my Latin Lit PhD examination, MFF right when I'll have to be buckling down for finals week for the classes I'll be taking and teaching. Consequently, I'm looking into FangCon as a possibility for the fall. Spring will likely be Morphicon and FurryCon: Game of Con Chairs, as expected for someone who is staff for both.

I'm hoping to get some yarn art done this summer, so keep a weather eye out for that and feel free to inquire about a commission, if such things pique your interest.

That's all from me now, folks. Keep on keeping on and I'll see y'all around.