Zeta

Tropical storm Zeta fell apart yesterday in the open Atlantic, finally ending the 2005 season that was supposed to have ended Nov 30. It turns out Dave F. wins the pool, guessing correctly the name of the final storm back in October. He gets the same thing I got for winning my fantasy football league: diddly squat. Don't spend it all in one place, Dave.

I took a road trip last week, stopping by and seeing Dave and Laura in Athens for a couple of days, swinging by Atlanta briefly, then heading to Charleston, SC. I had planned to take some photos, but didn't feel particularly inspired, so I mainly walked around the city, looking at historic stuff and eating low-country food (shrimp and grits, she-crab soup). I'm back in Asheville now, will head over to see my sister's family today, then head back to Chapel Hill tomorrow. Classes start Wednesday.

Classes this semester: geological oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, small-scale physics, seminar. It looks like geo and GFD will be on Tuesdays and Thurdays, small-scale on Monday and Wednesday, and the seminar on Wednesday, giving me Fridays off. At least assuming I don't get a TA assignment for Friday, which is a possibility.