that went well
Well obviously I have left this blog to go all to hell — I started teaching the summer prefreshman course and then promptly got sick — went from a 2 day migraine into a stomach virus. I thought of the terms “sick as a dog” more than once — and of the many, and varied things we have seen Willa throw up. For a couple of days there, I was giving her a run for her money and I HATE throwing up. But enough about that.
The summer course is going really well — I have a great group of students and two really strong TAs with interests in teaching and subject matter. Both are more organized and together as undergrads than I manage to be most days. I definitely think my own style blends disorder and design — hence the fact that I managed to finish a doctorate with the amazing ability I have to lose things like my iPhone that I loved so much (I’m still thinking it might have fallen out of my bag at the Denver Airport and someone picked it up. Shiny electronic things like those have legs, they do).
So Caitlin and Meghan are keeping the class on track and I am getting better (and trying to juggle an article almost ready to send out with an IRB continuation and wishing my own GA worked for me all summer). I need three heads and six arms. Or something like that. I guess I’ll have to work with caffeine for the time being and get back into the rhythm of teaching and researching and advising as my working summer gets under way.