First week of classes at Iowa State University

Wow, it's been a hectic, really hectic first week.
COUNTS: I taught 6 classes and watched 6 classes. Not bad, eh?

Apart from the overload that comes with teaching 2 courses and having to grade all those materials (48 students in all), things couldn't be better here. The city is great, my students seem to like me and our classes quite a bit and the courses in my program are interesting (apart from ENGLISH 500). My office mate (Russ, from Ukraine) is a great guy, there is a really cute American PhD student in the same corridor as me and the people in Ames and at the uni are great. Every now and then I see some nice animals around (saw 3 deers on my way back from work some days ago). Got chased by 2 teenage girls in their car 2 nights ago (they drove next to my bike for a minute, smiling at me). Well, that gives you an idea of what my week has been like! :)

More news to come soon!

Take care, y'all!