Busy busy busy

Spent most of yesterday preparing fopr my interview this morning. I'm trying not to think about it now; been nervous since yesterday. Other than that, it was fairly uneventful.

Except...Donna and Brian and I lost our hunter-gatherer points yesterday morning. Donna had let the pet rabbit out to run in the greenhouse Monday, and she was still loose yesterday. It took the three of us a fair bit of running and chasing, and finally closing off the back section of the greenhouse to catcher the little bugger. (Brian finally cornered her behind a large flowerpot, and his arms were long enough to reach around either side of the pot and grab her.) Of course, the rabbit had the advantage...she could run unimpeded under the benches, and wasn't hampered by the need to stop and laugh at what was really a silly situation.

Didn't get all of my quiet time yesterday morning, and probably won't the rest of the week. Donna got on DG's case about coming in and spending half an hour on the clock making and drinking her morning coffee, so now DG's coming in early to get her coffee. Bah. From what Brian said yesterday, DG had a bad week last week--I was gone, and Brian was gone after Tuesday, and Donna had much more time to supervise DG, so she was in trouble most of the week. **crosses fingers**

There's already complaints about one of the classes for next semester: MC (the annoying herbaceous instructor) is teaching plant problems and prop next semester. Now, there's someone else teaching another section of plant problems in spring, and his class is nearly full, while DG's may be cancelled for lack of enrollment. And I guess the prop class is low, too, because she's just pissed off that many students this semester. DG's also gotten on Brian's nerves about prop already--I guess she came in last week and started telling him and Donna how to set things up in the greenhouse so SHE would have everything she needed to teach. Not bloody likely. And DG thinks that her students will be a big help getting ready for the plant sale. Again, not bloody likely.

Square count

Finished 1 square last night, but I'm not sure it counts, because I started it days ago, and have only worked on it a little the past few nights. That was a pain-in-the-butt pattern; not doing anymore of those.

Have I mentioned that the weather's making me grumpy?

The further south I drove this morning, the more snow was on the road. And by the time I got into tow, the blowing snowflakes had visibility down to half a mile or less. I'm SO not looking forward to the drive home tonight, and I'm hoping they close school tomorrow. With it being the week BEFORE finals, and the first real snow of the season, and 6" predicted, they might. **crosses fingers**

Drive careful, folks.

Interview update

You are now reading the missives of Adjunct Assistant Professor Jera.

Kinda cool, isn't it?

In case anyone is curious...

I'll be teaching HORT 135, Principles of Landscape Design (aka landscape design for dummies).

Well, at least the cats will be glad to see me tonight

I spent the afternoon spraying a fish and sesame oil-based insecticide all over the greenhouse. A fairly safe product, not even gloves required, but a very fragrant product. Whew.

School's cancelled tonight, as of 4pm, which means that I'm going to have a fun drive home tonight. They haven't said anything about tomorrow. So, think heavy snow thoughts 'round about 3am for me, will you? I'd love an extra day off.

Just to let evryone know...

I'm home and safe. By's on the way home. He left work about 30 minutes ago, much later than he'd wanted, but Robyn needed things done last minute (as usual).

Called Mom already...she's got 4" or more on the ground, too, and had an "interesting" drive home. Good thing her drive is only 5 blocks.

classics_cat, I was worried about you making that trip from Lawrence. If you're still there, you're welcome to crash with us tonight. Otherwise, just leave me a note, so I know you made it ok.

Be safe, kids.

Yay!!

Byron is home safe. Color me much happier now.