and am slowly digging myself out of a self-imposed hole. When I say “slowly,” I do mean just that. Final surfacing won’t happen for another week or ten days. In other words, if I owe you mail, keep the faith; I’ll catch up shortly. (I believe in the power of positive thinking; don’t disillusion me.)
One of the disadvantages of being an adjunct is that you find yourself obligated to take whatever work is offered you for fear of closing a door on one opportunity or not having enough work. In itself that’s not a terrible thing, but not having a normal schedule—or more accurately, a schedule of your own design which is also under your own control—can really play havoc with the rest of life. I finished organizing the stateside students’ grades at 3am last night, tidied off the loose ends today, and am slowly plowing my way through 100+ Norwegian student basic composition essays. Thankfully, they’re short. Less thankfully, I need them all done by Friday noon so students can be notified of pass/fail status that day. Can you tell what I’m doing tomorrow?
Tomorrow evening, however, I’m breaking free for a couple of hours to go to the knitting group meeting; even two hours of knitting and yarny stuff will be refreshing. That should also help me regain my perspective on the essays I’m reading.
In an other note, my Mittens Swap partner received her package today, and I’m pleased (and much relieved!) to know that the mittens actually fit!
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My little job leaves me with no control over my own time too. A couple of days ago, I was planning to ride to the local knitting guild meeting with my friend. I haven’t made it to a knitting GUILD meeting in over a year, I think. Then I got a pm petsitting assignmnent. Ugh. I may get still get to go, but I’ll be late, and won’t be able to go with my friend. {sigh}
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