Two more days, then I get a nap

At least, I'll get to enjoy an unexpected but welcome troll-free work day today. DG called in saying that she'd broken her glasses and had to stay home and get that taken care of, and didn't know how long it would take. I don't care, I'm enjoying the quiet.

I'm running on 5 hrs of sleep a night for the past week, and it's hitting me hard today. I almost called in sick, but I know that Donna's running tired too, and there's lots to be done.

Didn't leave work until 9:30 last night...the department meeting ran a little late, and then I stopped to talk to Dr G about a potential problem on my class roster (a former grounds problem is in my class). He was pretty helpful. (Apparently, if a student is overly disruptive, I can talk to the Dean of Student Life about getting that student removed from class. Hopefully it won't come to that, but it's nice to know I've got some recourse.)

Parts of yesterday's meetings were useful, parts were snoozers. The new faculty orientation was good, and answered a lot of questions I've had. The department meeting was a snoozer--federally mandated training on new privacy standards, which Donna and I sat through back in October. But hey, they're paying us to sit there, so....

I found out what the excitement in the department office was, too...when I talked to the dept secretary yesterday morning, she said it had been all kinds of crazy over there, and that was at 8:15! Apparently we lost two adjunct faculty yesterday, and Dr G was finding replacements at the last minute. The one I'll probably be seeing, who's teaching the hort sci version of soils, seems like a very nice lady, and she has an IMPRESSIVE academmic resume.

I get to spray as much as I've got energy for today, and I ought to make some time to finish going through seed catalogs and putting orders (or at least wish lists) together.

What else? It's been a busy couple of days, but mostly boring little minuta kinds of busy. Did finally talk to Mom, on the way into work this morning. She's got the flu, so she's not going to see Grandma this weekend. But she told me that she talked to Grandma last night, and Grandma's doing much better, and is already off the pain meds, which is a good thing.

breathofgold

I sat in on a lecture by one of your compatriots from the KC Interfaith Council yesterday. Wow! Her name was Manaz Shabir, and the talk was "Understanding People Of Faith". She was fantastic--well organized, very informative, and deftly managed the clueless blonde secretary-type in the back. Made a great impression, not just of her (which she did as well), but also of the council, and the work you guys are doing.

To the rest of my peeps, if you get a chance to attend one of these, do it. It's a good investment of two hours.

One more thing....

...because I'm rather forgetful today:

I FINISHED A PROJECT LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!

Hey, given my schedule this week, it's an accomplishment worthy of all caps. The purple striped feather-and-fan socks are DONE DONE DONE.

Well, ok, except for weaving the ends in, but that's 5 minutes and more dexterity than I was capable of last night.

Next up: more quality time with the kilt hose.

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