Okay, I also knew y'all would make me feel welcome

Yes, I *love* the slightly cleaned slate that each semester brings -- but the transition from summer where yes, I'm at work, but with about 1/10 as many students so I'm dabbling in projects and reading and... to FALL with a constant flow of students with questions and confusions so that I must remind myself to extract myself at lunchtime and GO RIDE MY BIKE ... two laps around campus and my head is clear and I can remember what day it is

And this year the bike racks were full