I had several great chats with colleagues yesterday -- some about work and some purely social. I really like the people I work with.
I just got an email from a colleague that really made me smile. She and I are working with a student who needs help with test-taking. She's bringing over the student's exams for the semester so that the student and I can go over them. I'm essentially "checking out" the exams from her because her department doesn't release them to students. Here's our email exchange:
Her: When do you want me to drop off/ or when do you want to pick up the exams?
Me: If you feel like getting out, I've assigned myself homework between 10 and 11, so I'll definitely be in my office then. I can also plan to stop by whenever you're free.
Her: We need to talk about 2 things. 1. What do you mean "you assigned yourself homework" ? And 2. Why would you ever do such a thing? I'll bring over her stuff around 10.
She's the same person who turned me onto Cute Overload. It's clearly been a good week at work so far.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Little Victories
I got up at 5am and went to the gym. I was in the pool before 6:30.
[insert applause here]
I'm hoping that consistency is key. I'm looking at getting up at 5 every morning and going to swim Tuesdays-Fridays. On Mondays, I take the 6:48 train, instead of the usual 7:38, because I like to have more than 20 minutes in the office before my first meeting of the day (which is a department meeting on Mondays).
Breakfast has been posing a problem in this plan, though. This morning, a stroke of brilliance hit around 5:15 -- pack oatmeal! I scooped the oats and brown sugar into a gladware, and I stopped for a cup of hot water (...ok, and a latte) at Starbucks. Prepped the oatmeal and put it back in my bag and POOF! I had warm, ready to eat oatmeal on the train.
Not a bad start to the day. I forgot to bring a project for Knitting Lunch, but I remembered to pack leftover pizza for lunch.
All in all, not a bad start to a Tuesday.
I'm tellin' ya, it's all about the little victories.
[insert applause here]
I'm hoping that consistency is key. I'm looking at getting up at 5 every morning and going to swim Tuesdays-Fridays. On Mondays, I take the 6:48 train, instead of the usual 7:38, because I like to have more than 20 minutes in the office before my first meeting of the day (which is a department meeting on Mondays).
Breakfast has been posing a problem in this plan, though. This morning, a stroke of brilliance hit around 5:15 -- pack oatmeal! I scooped the oats and brown sugar into a gladware, and I stopped for a cup of hot water (...ok, and a latte) at Starbucks. Prepped the oatmeal and put it back in my bag and POOF! I had warm, ready to eat oatmeal on the train.
Not a bad start to the day. I forgot to bring a project for Knitting Lunch, but I remembered to pack leftover pizza for lunch.
All in all, not a bad start to a Tuesday.
I'm tellin' ya, it's all about the little victories.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
friendly reminder
Note to self: The next time you think it sounds like a good idea to take a three-week course while still working full-time, THINK AGAIN.
Ah, so this is why we tell our students it's impossible to do anything well if you're working full-time and going to school full-time. At least the next time I have a conversation about that with a student, I'll be able to speak from experience.
Hey, at least it's a totally interesting class.
Ah, so this is why we tell our students it's impossible to do anything well if you're working full-time and going to school full-time. At least the next time I have a conversation about that with a student, I'll be able to speak from experience.
Hey, at least it's a totally interesting class.
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