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Another ten-day absence in blog posts. Is it time to hang it up?
Nah, it's just that I've been sooooo busy. Stupid busy.
Let's see, my projects are finally coming together. I've completed enough of my Indiana book designs now that my adviser for that project decided to give me an A. That's all well and good. I only showed him one chapter, and he says that I'm as done as I need to be. The rest of the design I will have to finish for my own pride and to get the thing published. So, the biggest of my projects is complete.
I also proposed my thesis topic today, and was unanimously approved. That's another MAJOR project out of the way, finally. That means my table is clear for next semester to take one class and to work on my thesis.... well, that and teaching three labs and up to four Ivy Tech classes. Why do I do this to myself? Luckily with every Ivy Tech class in the design technology that I teach, they get two hours of work time each evening, which means I get two hours of worktime each evening. It's nice.
So, what's left of this semester? I need to get my text revisions turned in for the Indiana book soon. I've gotten eight chapters turned in and finished, and I'm working on six more. Sometimes I impress even myself with my productivity. Here, now, I've nearly revised the text of an entire textbook. Once I get the designs done, I will have completed the entire thing. It's going to run about 250 pages of 8.5x11. That's NUTS! And, I did it myself, with only guidance. Sometimes, I am impressive, I must admit.
So, six chapters left to turn in, of which three are simply adding citations. After that, I have to finish the project on Appalachia that I am doing for Dr. Hawkins that I've barely started. My mom was nice enough to transcribe the tape of Grandma when it didn't look like I was going to make it. One more interview this weekend should wrap that up, then I just need to write a nice lengthy paper.
Luckily, after this week (the rest of today and Friday) I have a whole empty weekend and most of an empty week to wrap it up. I also have an Urban Geography final on Saturday (yuck) afternoon which I will work on when everything else is complete.
Strange, I've been listening to the iTunes radio while working, and now I'm on some station called "Tundra Trash Radio" from Alaska that plays old Soundgarden and other arena-grunge. It's a nice change. I had been listening to this station called "Analog Voyager" which was like slow techno trance music, but they began repeating music, so I needed to change.
In the PhD search, I've finished my proposal, so the letter writers should now be busy. I'm working on getting my statement of intent finally finalized (?) so that I can send that away with my transcript and other materials as soon as my new grades hit. I'm expecting all As. It'd be nice, and it'd bring that GPA up some, making me look better.
Now, I'm just relaxing in my office since I haven't relaxed in a few days. Doing some recreational reading, some calculations on the PhD search trip that Amy and I hope to take sometime early next semester, and just basically dicking around.
I apologize for my poor writing today... I am seriously exhausted. Only one and a half projects to go, and I'm done for the semester. Thank God. The kid might just make it yet, to his and everyone else's amazement. I don't know how I've pulled it off. Maybe I really am naturally good at this school stuff, if I just make sure I show up?
I'm hoping that going to class next semester will cheer Amy up some. She's been pretty depressed lately because I think she feels worthless. I try to make her feel better but I usually fail pretty miserably. I usually somehow make her feel like she's pissed me off more and therefore makes her feel less useful. I think that maybe being in school will give her more of a sense of purpose, because I think she lacks that right now. Washing dishes doesn't really give someone that... and I hate the fact that she's stuck in jobs like that right now. I'm gonna do everything I can to help get her going and keep her going in school and everything else. I know she needs it, and I know I can do it. I also think part of it is that the apartment has gotten messy while I've been working on all of these projects, and she blames herself. Any attempts to explain it otherwise on my part have failed, so she continues to blame herself. Once my work is done, I'm going to clean that place up and make it sparkle so that she can feel better. I know that a dirty place stresses her out, and I'm going to fix it.
I would work on it tonight, but I have to go to Ivy Tech and teach the Anderson kids how to animate GIFs and give them their last project. Next week is the final for them, and I will be done out there for the semester. It will be nice to have three weeks off, and I really look forward to it.
So, until perhaps later tonight?
Let's see, my projects are finally coming together. I've completed enough of my Indiana book designs now that my adviser for that project decided to give me an A. That's all well and good. I only showed him one chapter, and he says that I'm as done as I need to be. The rest of the design I will have to finish for my own pride and to get the thing published. So, the biggest of my projects is complete.
I also proposed my thesis topic today, and was unanimously approved. That's another MAJOR project out of the way, finally. That means my table is clear for next semester to take one class and to work on my thesis.... well, that and teaching three labs and up to four Ivy Tech classes. Why do I do this to myself? Luckily with every Ivy Tech class in the design technology that I teach, they get two hours of work time each evening, which means I get two hours of worktime each evening. It's nice.
So, what's left of this semester? I need to get my text revisions turned in for the Indiana book soon. I've gotten eight chapters turned in and finished, and I'm working on six more. Sometimes I impress even myself with my productivity. Here, now, I've nearly revised the text of an entire textbook. Once I get the designs done, I will have completed the entire thing. It's going to run about 250 pages of 8.5x11. That's NUTS! And, I did it myself, with only guidance. Sometimes, I am impressive, I must admit.
So, six chapters left to turn in, of which three are simply adding citations. After that, I have to finish the project on Appalachia that I am doing for Dr. Hawkins that I've barely started. My mom was nice enough to transcribe the tape of Grandma when it didn't look like I was going to make it. One more interview this weekend should wrap that up, then I just need to write a nice lengthy paper.
Luckily, after this week (the rest of today and Friday) I have a whole empty weekend and most of an empty week to wrap it up. I also have an Urban Geography final on Saturday (yuck) afternoon which I will work on when everything else is complete.
Strange, I've been listening to the iTunes radio while working, and now I'm on some station called "Tundra Trash Radio" from Alaska that plays old Soundgarden and other arena-grunge. It's a nice change. I had been listening to this station called "Analog Voyager" which was like slow techno trance music, but they began repeating music, so I needed to change.
In the PhD search, I've finished my proposal, so the letter writers should now be busy. I'm working on getting my statement of intent finally finalized (?) so that I can send that away with my transcript and other materials as soon as my new grades hit. I'm expecting all As. It'd be nice, and it'd bring that GPA up some, making me look better.
Now, I'm just relaxing in my office since I haven't relaxed in a few days. Doing some recreational reading, some calculations on the PhD search trip that Amy and I hope to take sometime early next semester, and just basically dicking around.
I apologize for my poor writing today... I am seriously exhausted. Only one and a half projects to go, and I'm done for the semester. Thank God. The kid might just make it yet, to his and everyone else's amazement. I don't know how I've pulled it off. Maybe I really am naturally good at this school stuff, if I just make sure I show up?
I'm hoping that going to class next semester will cheer Amy up some. She's been pretty depressed lately because I think she feels worthless. I try to make her feel better but I usually fail pretty miserably. I usually somehow make her feel like she's pissed me off more and therefore makes her feel less useful. I think that maybe being in school will give her more of a sense of purpose, because I think she lacks that right now. Washing dishes doesn't really give someone that... and I hate the fact that she's stuck in jobs like that right now. I'm gonna do everything I can to help get her going and keep her going in school and everything else. I know she needs it, and I know I can do it. I also think part of it is that the apartment has gotten messy while I've been working on all of these projects, and she blames herself. Any attempts to explain it otherwise on my part have failed, so she continues to blame herself. Once my work is done, I'm going to clean that place up and make it sparkle so that she can feel better. I know that a dirty place stresses her out, and I'm going to fix it.
I would work on it tonight, but I have to go to Ivy Tech and teach the Anderson kids how to animate GIFs and give them their last project. Next week is the final for them, and I will be done out there for the semester. It will be nice to have three weeks off, and I really look forward to it.
So, until perhaps later tonight?
Posted by Your Friendly Neighborhood DJ on December 9, 2004 02:42 PM | Permalink
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