It's Like a Heat Wave

So it is going to be miserable today in New York--93 degrees, with 86% humidity. Yuck. (I realize by South Texas standards this is nothing. But I am a spoiled, uppity North Easterner and I don't like this. How Kym and Molly can train for marathons under these conditions will forever be a mystery to me.) Luckily, I love the NYU library, which is always super air conditioned, so that is where I will ride out the heat wave. On Saturday--which was also very hot, although not so humid--Neilson and I went to Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways for some relief. I had never been there, but will be going back. It is like a little slice of Cape Cod within New York City limits.

Oswego

I'm in Oswego for a couple of days to see Dad and visit Flo. Actually, Flo and I only got to visit for a few hours- but it was very nice to see her. We had a photo-shootout, drank a lot of coffee and chatted a lot.

Oswego has the most perfect weather, and I mean ever, right now.

Bats were birthday gifts from Frank and Bets and me to Hosmer. We also used them to hit each other over the head.

School's (Almost) Out for Summer

Today was my last day of classes. I still need to give my exam and grade a ton, but the end is sight. Everyone--teachers and students alike--were in a good mood today.

Here are some of my favorite--and most motivated--students, planning a study session over the weekend.




The History Club showed Bobby. Students liked it, although I realized by some of their questions the movie assumed a basic knowledge about American culture in the 1960s that a lot of students didn't really possess.




There was a dance party and barbeque going on in front of the student center to celebrate the end of classes.