Theatre Camp!

Today Nadia has her first afternoon of Folk Tales and Fairy Stories theatre camp! It's for kids entering kindergarten or first grade, and is from 1-4 pm this week. On Friday they will do a little performance at 3:45pm. If I had known we weren't moving, I would have signed her up for the same camp taking place from 9:30-12:30 next week, but I'm sure the boys will survive 5 days of this schedule even though it interferes with their afternoon naps. Most of the days I am planning to go shopping with the boys during her camp, but today I am planning to take them to the Treasure Castle Playland. After an early dinner, I am planning on taking the kids to our swimming pool. It should be a fun day!

On our date last weekend Paul and I discussed what positions to apply for (that start next August). For now we are sticking with states east of the Mississippi River with the exception of those states in the northeast (not NY, MA, RI, CT, NH, ME, or VT) and those schools located in large cities (not Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, etc.). We're also not bothering to apply at any schools that make any mention of a post doctorate. Hopefully we can wait until at least September to start submitting applications so he can list profs at Bloomsburg as his references. Of the tenure track openings for August 2014 that have already been posted, only one has been added to our list thus far. It's a small private college in South Carolina, and the application is due the end of September. We don't know Paul's full teaching schedule yet, but we do know he'll be teaching a mass lecture (about 120 students) on Wednesday nights from 6-9pm and will have three general chemistry labs. We also know he will not be teaching on Mondays or Fridays, which is ideal for interviewing elsewhere.