Something cropped up recently where I hadn’t updated someone on something since January. And I realized it’s May. And I’m wondering what happened to the months in between because that’s wild.

I’m looking forward to the summer. For obvious reasons: a break from teaching (which did get better as the year wore on but at one point I was really, really doubting whether I was on the right path). I think the real problem was I was a little depressed/bummed about The Sham coming out RIGHT at the peak of...