07th Nov 2009
saturday morning in the fall
What to write about this morning? I am trying to get myself back into the habit of regular writing here first, because it is good for me as a writer and second, because any kind of a regular practice is good for a person (or so I hear : ). As I sit here, I ponder the things I could write about:
My cluster headaches, a new and particularly foul kind of migraine I have developed that has made this semester a little tricky. They’re different as they are much more severe in terms of pain and not managed well on the meds I’ve been on for the past year or so. They feel like an ice pick through the eye and make the right side of my face and eye swell up. They, just plain, suck. And I am tired of them, and of trying new meds and not knowing when one is going to knock me out.
The book. It’s done and in, and the proof sheets just went back to the publisher, so that is good. Next step is the final proofing and then I think it will be published in the spring. Unbelievable to think about, really, but I have a new book idea I am rolling about in my head and that’s exciting.
Tenure stuff is in and working its way through the pipeline. I won’t know anything until Christmas or so, but that worry is temporarily off my shoulders, and that feels good, I will say. Just turning in the stuff felt pretty damn good — all two 3″ binders and hundreds of pages of it.
Now what’s on my plate? An article and conference paper, editing a special issue of a journal, conference work and award committee, running the PreCollege Reading Program. Teaching and learning and getting up in the morning and finding time to read and relax and play with the dog and maybe a little balance in there too.
Leave a Reply