September 26, 2005

My life since my last post...

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I am sensing a pattern here. Back to, you guessed it, marking :o)

September 08, 2005

So tired

I am absolutely wiped today and it isn't even 3pm. Myrah is continuing her early morning (before 4:30am) wake-up calls. Getting to bed isn't the problem is is her tearing around, meowing, chewing on plastic, batting tv antennas, knocking everything off my bedside table, and such that interrupts my sleep. I need an apartment with a bedroom door so I can sleep in peace and she can still have access to her food and litter.

My class looks good today. They were responsive and intelligent, which is appreciated. Thesis work is going so slow as I am practically sleeping on my desk. I grabbed a coffee from Tim's to jump start the system, but I think I may be a lost cause until the morning. I am going to bed earrrrrrrrrrly tonight so I can compensate for being woken up well before I need to be. I sense this term is going to be a tiring one.

September 06, 2005

It isn't the beginning of term without a little panic

My oh my... tomorrow marks the first day of the new school year. This term I am teaching 2 classes instead of one, which is super exciting. I had originally thought that both of these classes were to be scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays, but I found out about an hour ago that in fact I am teaching one class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. This should be exciting and difficult as it is much different trying to teach material in 2 80 minute classes versus 3 50 minute classes. I am interested to see how it all plays out. I am prepared for tomorrow though, as far as I understand it, no one has had a chance to register for the class as PAWS (the campus wide computer system) is down right now. So I may go to class tomorrow morning to discover an empty room. This will be interesting.

In the meantime, I need to get back to my thesis...