What I Have to Show for My Summer

A broken foot

A lovely vacation, up until (and quite frankly, even including) the aforementioned foot

Catching up with a long-neglected friend in California

A lot of grading:

- 2413 question-1s on the 2010 AP Chemistry exam

A lot of cleaning:

- A better cleaning of a friend's refrigerator than I have ever done to my own.

- An organized pantry, two bedrooms, and an office (in progress), inspired by the aforementioned friend's pre-move cleanout.

A lot of reading:

- Francis Chan, Crazy Love

- Donald Miller, To Own a Dragon

- CS Lewis, The Four Loves

- Brent Curtis and John Eldredge, The Sacred Romance

- Henri Nouwen, Spiritual Direction

- Ravi Zakarias, Light in the Shadow of Jihad

- Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis, Tea with Hezbollah (in progress)

- Jim Wallis, The Soul of Politics (in progress)

- Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love (in progress)

- A year's worth (or so) of backlogged Saveur magazines

A lot of book-buying:

- Several by Jim Wallis

- Several by CS Lewis

- Several by Kahlil Gibran

Lots and lots of cooking and baking.

I'm never as productive as I intend, but I'd say this was a summer well-spent.