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.
– Grade twenty new media final projects.
– Grade sixteen graduate term papers.
– Grade two senior theses.
– Revise a curricular document.
– Write two letters of recommendation.
– Pack and ship a semester’s worth of belongings.
I’ve got six days. Any bets on whether it all gets done?

