{"id":7932,"date":"2013-11-06T11:37:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=7932"},"modified":"2013-11-09T20:04:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T01:04:13","slug":"life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/life\/","title":{"rendered":"Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing on the theme of being not just busy busy, but stupid busy this fall, I am on day 2 of advising week, 34 30-minute appointments scheduled to discuss grad students in the Library & Info Studies program’s spring 2014 course selections. And how they’re doing in their program, in general.<\/p>\n

They’re mostly good students, so despite my horrific looking calendar, below, it’s actually kind of fun to have the chance to chat with all of them. And, I also really like the opportunity to switch to the advisor role, rather than the teacher, sometimes. It’s an easier relationship – when I am the teacher, I grade them, and they’re afraid of me. I’m “what does she<\/em> want?” on this assignment, so I’ll give them the A they want. When I’m the advisor, I’m trying to help them, so it’s just nicer.<\/p>\n

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Advising week iCal<\/p><\/div>\n

What does suck, though is getting anything else done this week, even when I have gaps between appointments. I was determined to work on my ISAS class paper Tuesday in that two hour gap, but I somehow found other things to fill the time – like endless emails, and reading resumes and CVs for a hiring committee that I’m on, and checking in with the students in the two classes I am teaching and, and, and …<\/p>\n

Tuesday evening we hosted 6 students for one of the WASB<\/a> Dinners on WI – I’ve done this a bunch before: 2011<\/a>, 2011<\/a>,\u00a0 2010<\/a> – I’m sure there are more; watch for more links as I trawl my blogs. Yes, here’s April 2006<\/a>, November 2006<\/a>, March 2007 that cancelled<\/a>, April 2008<\/a>,\u00a0 April 2009.<\/a> This time I made a big pot of squash and black been chili <\/a>(with pinto beans), and had REAP Pie Palooza leftover lettuce for a big salad, Ovens Bailey’s corn-oat muffins<\/a>, chips, and more Pie Palooza leftovers – Willy Street Co-op pumpkin pie, for dessert. \u00a0 This was a particularly talkative group, more nice kids, like my grad students, so even though Mark and Toni and Rach all helped, I wasn’t finished doing the dishes until somewheres around 9:45. So naturally I did not work on ISAS class – I watched last Sunday’s Boardwalk Empire on cable, and then went to bed.<\/p>\n

And of course, due to busy-ness – Started on Tuesday, finished on Wednesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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