26 Ağustos 2021, Çarşamba
saat: 00:58
first day of classes and my god I am just slammed! I went through a day filled with minor tech frustrations (no panic or even anxiety though) and had a furious onslaught of meetings and urgent first-day tasks from 9-1:30 and now I am just collapsed in my chair trying to decide what to work on next. The good news is that the department collectively decided that I could revoke my tenure clock extension and apply for a sabbatical and be on research leave next year! the bad news is that I have less than a month to come up with the project & send out my sabbatical application, and have a conversation about the two study-away programs that bookend the sabbatical. but that’s okay! feeling positive.
I have 38 students this semester, which is probably more than many of my colleagues have in all three courses. However, perhaps more than half of them are former students and even my summer research student, who literally had to sit with me on Zoom every day, is back to take another class with me. so I may not be that intimidating or bad after all?? maybe??
hmm, all right. I think I have checked all the important things off my list today so now... some quality time with A., I guess?
