The past week has been an exciting one, full of new events and preparing for future ones. This past weekend was Iowa City’s Sand in the City event where teams from the community come together a make massive sand sculptures. The street is blocked-off from traffic and large amounts of sand are hauled in to give teams an opportunity to create a sand sculpture right downtown. On that same day (Friday), Elise and I purchased new cell phones! After looking for a while, we found a good deal and decided to make the plunge. The unfortunate part: we did not get to keep our numbers.
In addition to the weekend’s events, plenty of young teenagers and their parents have swarmed to downtown Iowa City meaning one thing: the return of school. As such, Elise is preparing for the fall term at Washington, where it will be her third year. One new feature of her teaching this year will be an online curriculum resource for students to view assignments, deadlines, and presentations. Meanwhile, I continue to fully enjoy my part time role at the UI as an IT Support Consultant. My team’s office is undergoing a relocation this week, which will provide much-needed, additional space.