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Feb. 17th, 2011 11:07 pmI'm heading into peak teaching period. Last year lots of things got cancelled (which was just as well, considering) and this year they're going ahead (which is also just as well, considering).
Today was the big test, in a way. How good was I after a series of longer days (study and teaching and book reviews and articles and normal everyday crises and health stuff) and the answer is, not as bad as I have been. Still not wonderful, but significantly better than the last three years.
My reward is another long day tomorrow, of course, but after that I get a couple of days with only study to do. No other work at all. And I get to turn the alarm clock off. This means if someone really wants to annoy me, they can ring me early.
I was going to give you a real post tonight, about how we create our narratives, but I shall have a hot drink and settle down with a book. I can pretend I'm working, when I'm really relaxing. I've done all the thinking for this one. I know the essay I want to write (it turned out to be a book that needs an essay and possibly a couple of questions of interesting folks) and so I just have to finish the book. (I read the whole of everything I get sent - it's only fair. Someone was surprised by that the other day. Which surprised me. I must be easily surprised.)
Today was the big test, in a way. How good was I after a series of longer days (study and teaching and book reviews and articles and normal everyday crises and health stuff) and the answer is, not as bad as I have been. Still not wonderful, but significantly better than the last three years.
My reward is another long day tomorrow, of course, but after that I get a couple of days with only study to do. No other work at all. And I get to turn the alarm clock off. This means if someone really wants to annoy me, they can ring me early.
I was going to give you a real post tonight, about how we create our narratives, but I shall have a hot drink and settle down with a book. I can pretend I'm working, when I'm really relaxing. I've done all the thinking for this one. I know the essay I want to write (it turned out to be a book that needs an essay and possibly a couple of questions of interesting folks) and so I just have to finish the book. (I read the whole of everything I get sent - it's only fair. Someone was surprised by that the other day. Which surprised me. I must be easily surprised.)