The joys of the academic life

This afternoon I posted grades for my last classes of the fall semester. I'm out of the classroom until January 5. That gives me a little less than a month to work on research, complete a few projects around the house, and enjoy some time to read and think. So, what's on my agenda for the next few weeks?

• Move some furnishing around the kids' rooms to make them a bit more spacious. Maybe a closet system for Tiny?
• Build some shelves for the boys' room.
• Finish a couple of research projects.
• Start a couple of research projects.
• Read the new textbook I've chosen for my Tech Ops class.
• Finish The Life of Pi
• Continue to visit the gym a few times a week.
• Go skiing with the family to Mountain High
• Re-establish a rhythm of devotion (any suggested texts? ).
• And most importantly...lots of downtime with the family including at least one movie.

I know...it's a long list. Let me know if you have any suggestions for what I've left out.