Good morning everyone!
Well, here we are, the last week of
our filming schedule… And for a change, everything is going exactly as planned.
All that is left to do is have our final wrap party! Suffice it to say it will
be epic. We have to use the rest of our budget (use it or lose it!) so we’ve
booked the fancy local caterer to so an epic spread in the ballroom. I told
them to go hard on the bite-sized snacks so we can try as many different things
as possible. We will be watching the first cut of our film, it has turned out
beautiful. Some of my favourite sequences are the interview sections, especially
the ones that include the moody night-time shots with the fancy castle outfits. If there is anything you really want at this party just let me know!
Session goals are listed below, check
in on those and tell us how you did, and please throw in any and every extra
win into your report! We are celebrating everything, even if things were not on
the original goal list. As we know serendipity doesn’t always read the list… If
you are in the mood for an end of year/solstice kind of reflection, tell us
about what you want to take with you into the New Year. A big bottle of wine
and a hunk of cheese is of course a perfectly valid answer!
Thank you for playing along all
session, and thank you to our marvelous director Dame Eleanor Hull who was a wonderfully
inspiring presence and made the filming extra fun. Everyone will be taking home
a small plush raccoon toy and a sparkly inflatable unicorn to remember the
adventure!
Last week’s goals:
heu mihi
1) 8000
meetings and one-on-ones with students; finish grading for all but independent
study and possible incompletes
2) Italian final! --Which is itself a one-on-one
conversation! I do need to study a bit to make sure that I'm up on all my verb
tenses and vocabulary sets....
3) Start hard-copy read-through of ch. 2
4) Work on conceptual framing for ch. 6, which I
think I'm starting to get a handle on. Finish reading a relevant book.
5) Miscellaneous website updates ahead of Friday
website meeting
6) Work with colleague to finalize departmental
equity review
7) Christmas shopping, haircut
8) Seriously, get back into the running regimen
Susan
1. 3
more essays for big collaboration
2. Be good in meeting tomorrow
3. Finish last bureaucratic tasks for the semester
4. Prepare for and enjoy my Christmas party on
Thursday. Baking, food, friends. The Christmas list is on repeat on Spotify...
5. Reschedule massage and haircut that were
postponed when I had COVID. (My hair desperately needs a cut!)
JaneB
Recovery and rest!
Julie
1.
Finish marking
2. Finish reading thesis and write report (viva
next Monday)
3. Another morning on grant application
4. Resubmit article again
5. End of term admin
6. Claim expenses
7. Daughter's passport
8. House stuff
9. Christmas stuff.
10. Try for something fun (lunch in cafe, some
time reading).
Dame Eleanor Hull
- grade
ALL THE THINGS and post final grades
- renew library books (TRQ!)
- swim 3x, weights 3x, cardio 3x, yoga 5-6x
- research 2 hr x 5
- write 2 course proposals
- sew the thing, e-mail nephew, write checks &
mail them, make appt for eye exam
Daisy
Enjoy
trip
Eat lots of good things on trip
Do lots and lots of work while on trip
Shop for kid and others while on trip
Session Goals
Contingent Cassandra
Professional:
--Keep up with teaching, especially
feedback (I’ve got 4 sections on two different calendars this semester, both
repeats; keeping up with feedback is always the challenge). There will
definitely be weeks when this is all or pretty much all I can do.
--Complete contract renewal packet
(I’m on 5-year contracts; this is the renewal year. My materials are due in
under a week, and I’m nearly done, so this will be an early but crucial “win”).
--Complete study leave application (we
just got study leaves for non-tenure-track faculty last year, and there’s
limited funding, so competition is stiff)
--Identify/apply as appropriate for
other possible sources of funding for current research project (the role of
slaveholding in the history of the church to which I belong) (I need to figure
out whether actually applying is a good use of time/energy at this stage in the
project; also need to figure out what would happen if I got partial funding,
since my institution is very resistant to the idea of course reductions for NTT
faculty, though some of my colleagues do have them).
Household:
--Replace refrigerator (including
associated cabinet-moving and hole-patching)
--Get all the plumbing working at once
(next up: replace kitchen faucet. Also on the docket: hire plumber to
fix/replace shower taps.)
--Plan/implement other work as
time/energy allows (this could include ordering/assembling/painting some
additional cabinets, shelves, and doors; getting estimates for counter
replacement; replacing stove; replacing flooring; additional hole-patching).
Personal:
--Keep moving: continue stretching
program, restart lifting weights, restart walking, take a last swim or two if
there are weekend pool hours.
--Keep in regular touch with friends
and family, especially young-adult nieblings
heu mihi
1)
Finish chapter 4
2) Revise/tie up loose ends for chapters 1-3
3) Plan chapter 5 and/or 6
4) Apply for a grant (deadline 9/20)
5) Write a book review for a book that I have
already read (due in November sometime)
6) Write and submit 2 conference abstracts
7) Keep things moving with this festschrift that I
am now co-editing (we're in the very early stages, so that basically means
coming up with an idea for the chapter that I would want to write and keeping
track of who has agreed to contribute).
8) I'm also trying to keep my exercise up, answer
emails promptly, and sit daily (weekdays).
JaneB
1.
Self-care. The boring practical stuff that needs to happen because if it goes
right it makes everything else easier. Just to feel that I'm consistently
touching on each of the important areas regularly would be great.
2. Teaching. The bread and butter of my actual
job. Survival will do here, defined as being ahead in prep and not having
caused too much havoc via migraines, sick leave* etc. (or if I do end up on
sick leave, that I keep my nose OUT of teaching!)
3. Research. Keep things ticking along - immediate
goals are to submit three papers this session to journals (all are already well
underway), help to organise a workshop in January, and apply for money for a
grad student.
4. Admin. I have a fair amount spread across 4
named roles, and I want to keep it and shed teaching rather than the other way
around (although the "help" I get offered from my department is
definitely the other way around), partly because I can do it in a much more
sustainable way in terms of my personal energy budget.
5. Fun. Necessary for self-care but also just
necessary. I like to make things, mess around with art stuff, read, and play
D&D. Getting back into doing all of those things fairly often was this
summer's win, and I want to try & maintain that.
Julie
1.
Write grant application.
2. Make some progress on writing a journal article.
3. Do revisions to another journal article.
4. Try to be on top of teaching rather than
overwhelmed by it.
5. Work on some house projects.
6. Try to get regular exercise, more sleep, eat
healthily.
7. Do something fun each week.
Susan
1. Survival - right now the term seems
overwhelming, so if I'm in one piece on December 16, it will be a success. (I'm
teaching 2 classes, have a lot of travel, and the admin load is heavy right
now.)
2. Famous Author: Finish my revisions
(hopefully by the mid-semester check in. The goal is to send it back to my
editor and get it to a press at the start of the new year.
3. Big Collaboration: Read all drafts,
work with co-editor on drafting introduction.
4. Do something fun on a regular basis
- with friends, or watch movies or something.
5. Continue regular exercise / healthy
eating / adequate sleep
Dame Eleanor Hull
- join
a gym, work out regularly, also regular yoga at home
- finish two partially-written chapters
- write an abstract (at least) for a conference
paper
- keep up with teaching prep and grade in a timely
manner
- organize conference travel
- make progress on house/unpacking projects
- cheer on my fellow TLQers!
Daisy
Write
major grant application
Make progress on one local paper, one student
paper, and one giant collaborative paper, and by progress I mean submit at
least two out of three
Exercise consistently
Have regular fun with kid
