a fool’s load

We have an expression in our house for whenever someone picks up all 5 plates and 3 glasses and the butter all at once: we call it a “fool’s load” because your just know that fool is going to drop that stuff; he’s trying to carry too much. I was a classic example of this at the NINFD conference I attended in June. Walking through the crowded room, late and carrying a fool’s load, I managed to bounce a donut off the head of a surprised Japanese woman (who kindly forgave me later).

I fear I am carrying a fool’s load again as I start a new semester at UR, newly full-time developing faculty and teaching my one section of ENG 103 and managing my household of 5 (+pets)… And yet I have been wanting to play with blogging and so here I go! I emailed my friend Ria who works at Clemson and has 4 kids to say I was afraid I was going to drop a plate, so to speak. I asked her how she manages. She replied “Use plastic plates.” Now THAT is wisdom!

The first thing I learned was how to delete the spam “comment” that had found its way here. No thank you, my husband is a banker and if I want a mortgage I’ll ask him!
Next I’m going to learn how to make links so that I can show you what NINFD is…