Some quick updates: The crib tent worked! on Saturday night, Lilah went to bed with only one minute of crying (!), and woke up only once, at 4:30, and was back asleep within ten minutes. Naptimes are now back in place (and she is catching up on some sleep here), and the grown-ups are finally back on a path to restedness.

Also, the article is now a complete draft. Even though it is technically due today, I've gotten a short extension to edit it down to the max length, so the next few days can be devoted to getting it into shape, and, oh yeah, designing those syllabi.

School starts in a week here, and I am looking at assessing my summer. Certainly a major move can account for much of the time spent, but the fact that I've drafted a complete article for a collection that already has interest for a major press, am in process on a book collection proposal that already has the interest of a series that is under contract from a major press, and have two article in revisions that I am fairly optimistic about means that this summer must be considered something of a success for its research dimensions.

The light at the end of the tunnel? That's the school year. I love being in front of a classroom, and am really looking forward to teaching literature once again. So on the ides of August, I'l raise a metaphorical glass to the last real marker of this new beginning.