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September 26, 2007

I Should Be Grading Papers

There are two massive piles of assignments on the couch in my office.

Also one directly in front of me on my desk.

You notice that I'm ignoring them, choosing to post while I have internet access in my office again. I don't know how long it will last (the access), given the here-and-thereian-ness of it. So I'm gathering the roses while I may.

Actually, I don't have that much to say at the moment. My life is moving so fast right now that I haven't been able to sit still long enough to think about whether I have anything to think about. I may need to foist some of my grading off onto my TA. (Sorry Maaike, I promise it will only be an assignment or two. I just need to catch my breath for a minute.) So this is going to be a bit random, with chunks of catching up thoughts.

Rehearsals are going fairly well. I love Clean House. It's such a great play. My various issues are back full force, as always. I'm working around and through them as best I can. Though the whole "being an example" thing seems to have been exorcised. So that's nice. I just have to deal with all the stuff I brought here with me. At least I don't have the added baggage anymore.

My classes are going well. My students are for the most part trusting me to not give them assignments designed to destroy them. And so they're going miles beyond what I expected. It's lovely to watch them take risks and make discoveries, bless their hearts. They're becoming quite curious about the world and their new places in it, and it's so wonderful to see.

We thought Katala was dying earlier this week, but it turned out to be just an upset tummy. She's much better now, back to her sweet, slightly cranky, old lady self. Which is nice. She's taken another giant leap in assertiveness and has started sleeping on the bed during the day sometimes. She frequently slept on our bed at the Portland house time, but in the 4 1/2 years (Good God!) we've lived here, she's not done that until last week.

The weather is sunny but getting colder. It suddenly feels like fall in a way it hasn't up until about Sunday. I really don't want to teach today. I just want to cancel my classes and go play in the remaining sunshine. It's so hard to be a responsible grown-up type person sometimes. Especially now that responsible isn't just about getting paperwork done, but is about being there for lots of other people. It was so much easier to be a secretary, in some ways. (It certainly paid better.)

Posted by sally at September 26, 2007 10:28 AM

Comments

Feh. Cancel class, find a pile of leaves, and jump in it. Or, better yet, tell your students that it is a class excersize to frolic in the fall outdoors and join them.

Posted by: Eris [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 26, 2007 06:55 PM

That is a BRILLIANT idea. If only I could make it fit with the topics we're covering right now.

Posted by: Sallyacious [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 26, 2007 10:38 PM

Hey Nancy and Charlie managed to make hippie dancing in the woods be a viable class time experience (and Anna and I managed to capitalize on it even more by making our hippie dancing involve rubbing up against pretty Kirk).

If they can do it, you can do it.

Posted by: fire4hairlady [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 1, 2007 08:32 AM

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