in flow

i'm eating two burritos right now because i listened to a craving.

i promised this would be something more liteary, but right now, i just need to write. i stayed up until 3am researching and planning my creative writing classes/development and learned that as of the 2003-2004 mla data, people with phds in creative writing are getting hired. it's still not a very common path, and only 50/742 phd's conferred in english that year were for creative writing.

i've been getting papers graded like a mad-dash woman today. the teaching thing can still feel like a marathon that wants every second of my life, but i just tell it no and try to keep up/adjust as i can while maintaining my own flow. we're going to be reading and writing some cool stuff tonight.

my children's series idea is still strong, and i'm looking forward to getting together with maya to create/talk etc. i had my people interaction today walking kyla around the park multiple times as middle school was getting out, and the kids all love her. they all say she looks like a wolf. i have to bite my tongue not to blurt out that she's 1/4 wolf. her grandma's lineage is supposed to be a secret since it's illegal... of course that information is much safer here on the internet.