Down to the wire

Posted by Laura

I think we have finished most of the work on the exterior. I still have a couple of things to (re)caulk and some paint to touch up. Oh and cleaning up the overspray from the painter.

Now I have to catch up on the laundry I have been neglecting since I got back from Virginia.

I bought a nifty new toy.




This is the size of a Gideon Bible and will hold 250GB of data. (And, yes, mine is cherry red.) It even has a case (purchased separately-- like Barbie accessories) that looks like a Bible case. My university-issued laptop has been making me crazy because it is full, full, full. (I am so tempted to move all my data off and wipe it and reinstall everything.) So, I am moving stuff off-- everything but what I am currently working on. And some music. Let's not go crazy here.


Monday I am orienting our new adjuncts. I have packets for them. I am a great believer in packets. They have all been given sample assignments and a model syllabus already. Now I just have to read what I put together so that I am prepared to talk about it. Tomorrow. On top of the touch-up painting, caulking, and cleaning.

No pressure, right?

 

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1 comments:

  1. Monda said... August 17, 2008 at 2:15 PM

    Love the new toy! You'll have to let me get a look at it.

    I remember my first semester as a night-class adjunct. I was called in, I signed some papers, was handed a book - two days before classes started. That was it. I had to ask how to turn in my grades. I was well into my second semester before I found out I had a campus email address, and had to ask how to access it.

    The really awful part was seeing no one from the department for two years. Ever. That was adjuncting.

    What you're doing is important. No pressure.  

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