Category Archives for to do
Not Dead Yet
Just utterly tyrannized by the to do list. Once the grading and the thesis drafts are out of the way, there are classes to prepare for, a grant proposal to be written, and a 15-minute presentation to be carved out … Continue reading
Deadlines
Here’s where I’ve been, and where I’ll continue to be for a bit yet: Due early last week: invites to speakers for spring symposium; completed. Due late last week: a chunk of grading for both of my classes; completed. (At … Continue reading
It’s a Draft!
A bouncing baby draft, and not a moment too soon. I’ve got a long list of other tasks that need doing, a list that has had me feeling increasingly anxious over the last couple of weeks. Perhaps I’m a little … Continue reading
Managed and Unmanaged
Managed this week: – Have made significant headway on article, via intensive half-hour morning sessions, and whatever little bits of time I want to add to those. Now have twelve pages worth of text, of which the first five are … Continue reading
Things I Really Ought to Get Done Today
– Finish the index, already, which is already four days overdue and still 80 pages from complete. – Call the cable company to make sure we’ve got HBO in time for Sunday’s big events. – Find a suitable business establishment … Continue reading
Almost
Not too much left: – One job talk. – One committee meeting. – One literary interpretation final paper. – Eight new media final projects. – Two senior theses. – One revised curricular document. – Two letters of recommendation. And, last … Continue reading
Counting Down
Before my sabbatical can begin, I must: – Attend three committee meetings. – Have one meeting with a program administrator. – Eat lunch with the dean. – Go to two job talks. – Grade sixteen literary interpretation final papers. – … Continue reading
T Minus Fourteen Days
Three teaching days. Five class sessions. One session of office hours. Two committee meetings. One meeting with a program administrator. Two lunches with deans. One department meeting. One program meeting. Four job candidate campus visits. Thirteen rough drafts of graduate … Continue reading
Ticker, Still Ticking
Remaining: Four teaching days. Seven class sessions. One session of office hours. Three committee meetings. Two meetings with a program administrator. One department dinner. One faculty meeting (which may be extended to two, but who’s counting). One graduate student conference. … Continue reading
The Ticker
Certainly this is more for my benefit than for yours, but here’s what now remains before the sabbatical begins: Seven teaching days. Twelve class sessions. Three sessions of office hours. Four committee meetings. Four meetings with a program administrator. Two … Continue reading
