What exactly happened to the summer?
With just a few days left in July I find myself asking the questions, what the hell happened to summer? I know I spent some time goofing off, but not a couple months! I do have some things to show for summer like a freshly painted entryway, a new kitten, a draft of a grant proposal, some work towards my research, lecture notes for a class this Fall, and a vacation. Ah, yes, that’s what happened to summer.
Still, it doesn’t feel like I’ve done that much. Or, maybe my anxiety at the summer ending has to do with the fact that the number of unfinished projects is still bigger than the number of finished (or semi-finished) projects? Or maybe this has to do with the fact that during the summer I don’t have to teach and hence my schedule is a little more . . . free . . . ok, lazy.
Here’s my list from before. Let’s take a look at where I am now.
- Plan out new courses . . . (Sounds so easy right?) ——– ok, well I have three new courses this coming academic year: one in the Fall and two in the Spring. I have almost complete lecture notes (and even some homework sets!!!) for my Fall course.
Plan & run teacher workshop (one of said summer projects)Write talk & attend conference in Belgium- Make teaching portfolio
Paint entryway- Write Freshman Seminar Proposal ———- I may not have started the course proposal but I do have a detailed schedule and by the end of today I will have a syllabus.
- Repaint heavily traveled areas in the house
- Organize office
- Work on research ———- I did some work with my advisor and he should be sending me a paper soon to be edited (to be submitted by the end of the summer).
