Yes, I actually am in this photograph. Luckily, I am not the “math nerd” you see on the left who may be about to meet his demise! Saturday night, a co-worker from Cochran threw a Halloween party at his place in West L.A. I was greeted with characters ranging from sumo wrestlers to pirates to certain California Governors. It was tons of fun and a perfect way to spend a weekend evening now that the daily grind of school has effectively begun. It’s only October and already some students are beginning to show signs of tiresomeness. I guess it probably doesn’t help that on Friday I had a “mandatory” after-school test-prep session for my 6th period honors class! While they are a generally bright bunch of kids, I think that this year’s group of kids may have to work slightly harder than some of last years group of kids!

In the mean time, I have not burned up here in the California fires, although I may be well on my way to getting lung cancer from all the smoke in the air. Lately, it’s been raining a bit which has helped get some of the smoke out of the air. Anyway, it’ll be nice to get things back to normal next week.

Another crazy busy week (which is now the norm for me) looms out in front of me beginning in just a few hours. It’s nice to have this Sunday afternoon a bit free in order to mentally prepare for the battle of this upcoming week. Anyway, looking forward to it!