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January 06, 2005
getting some stuff done
1. Wrote another page toward a reflective essay for my exams. The kids were out full force, as they enjoyed an early dismissal today (freezing rain this afternoon), but I was able to ignore them for about 20 minutes.
2. Started thinking HARD about this semester coming up (I refuse to say "spring"--it is so grey and cold that it is anything but the spring semester). I let George know that I will simply TA for his Digital Writing course; originally I wanted to get my hands a little dirtier than that (ie take over the class ;), but I have too much on my plate and really cannot be thinking about teaching anything. Instead, I promised to hang out, be available to bounce ideas back, help with tech stuff during/outside of class, and other underling TA duties.
3. Registered for the Shamrock. Here's D and I making sure the other doesn't put down a crazy finishing time.
4. Made reservations at the Holiday Inn Sunspree for one night, the Friday before the race. I think I will go ahead, if I haven't already lost out, and reserve Saturday night too. We're trying to be frugal, but this will be the FIRST TIME I've ever done anything that even looks remotely like a spring break (and granted, it will still be chilly-ish in VB mid-March), so I'm feeling a bit frivolous. Plus, what's the point of getting a hotel with a hot tub unless you can sit in that hot tub AFTER you hoof 26 miles?
5. Continued to belly ache about Josh and nursing. Oh, how I don't want to drive 10 hours with him!! Oh, how aware I am of the fact that he is MY LAST BABY and how fulfilling it is to feed a baby. OK, I'll let this rest for now.
6. Thought about ditching this typepad account, getting a domain, and setting up shop through MT so that I don't have to F with typepad. All the new crap with the wysiwyg is crapping up. Some browsers support it, some don't; now the scroll bar for this field is stuck and I can't scroll up to the top all the way.
7. Found George's copy of _Technopoly_, which I meant to read over the break. It was MIA for a while in VA and ended up in the baby's suitcase of all places. Maybe some reading tonight?
8. Did NOT: make dinner (Tucker, thanks), do dishes (Tuck again), or run laundry (Brian, thanks). I think Tucker's got a lady friend, so he's feeling a little spritely lately. He took the trash to the curb tonight, too.
9. Watched _Without a Trace_ and cried my eyes out at the end when she kept the baby. I'm such a sap.
Posted by mryonker at January 6, 2005 11:52 PM
Comments
Turns out I never wrote my reflective essay. I'm wondering how I'm going to come up with one, now, at this far remove. Any suggestions?
Posted by: susansinclair at January 7, 2005 01:52 PM
The reflective essay is a roadblock. Spend a day writing it, hand it in, and never think about it again. Besides, don't the new guidelines get you off this hook?
Posted by: senioritis at January 7, 2005 10:22 PM
Yes, but it's still coherent words strung together in some connected fashion...Collin asked you to pester me, didn't he?? :)
Posted by: madeline at January 8, 2005 04:04 PM
I thought that the without a trace folks did a good job with making the baby look all "gooey" when she and the teen-mom were sitting on the steps outside the hospital.
And in the last scence, I wondered how Jack was going to stand up after he plopped himself down at the edge of the pool, legs splayed out in front of him.
Posted by: Heather at January 11, 2005 06:29 PM
Hey, M, it's great you will run a marathon. You go girl...You're inspiring me to run one again.
Posted by: Eileen E. Schell at January 16, 2005 07:21 AM