Welcome to week 6! The Fall has arrived in earnest in my area this week, the leaves have turned brilliant colours, it is blowing a gale, and every roadside farm stand is overflowing with apples and pumpkins. It is beautiful…
For this week’s prompt, how do you feel about seasons? Actual seasons, different seasons of life, seasonal workflows, anything goes! How do you manage the changes that come with seasons, both pleasant changes and the less enjoyable ones?
Have a great week everyone!
Contingent Cassandra (held over)
--Write two emails having to do with the study
leave and the October program (this is not done but really needs to get done
tomorrow, so good timing).
--At least begin listing and prioritizing the
things I could, should, or must do before the October program and beyond to
advance the study leave project
Dame Eleanor
-
provide lap for Basement Cat as often as he wants
- 20 minutes x3 on Alms or its larger project
- read at least one chapter in each of two scholarly books
- start grading another set of undergrad papers
- check 2 grad assignments (one from last week, one due this week)
- reading/prep for grad class
- cardio + weights x2, swim at least x2, yoga x4
- power-wash north side of house, maybe the deck as well
- walk with friend on Friday
- get weed-killer on lawn before first frost
Daisy
Enjoy
show run!
Sleep when not playing!
Volunteer at local race and cheer on people who exercise!
Try not to feel bad about not exercising!
Keep work stuff going but don’t add new things!
heu mihi
1.
Check in on festschrift. We meant to send in the proposal in August, but
apparently we just stopped working on it at some point.
2. Finish and submit RR essay
3. Read ch. 1 and 2 of Dissertation R (because I'm expecting K to come in any
day now...)
4. Revise ch. 5 and send the new version to friend who has promised to read it
5. Shop for a new car, because the 20-year-old Jetta has started to make a
terrible noise.
6. Keep going with the workouts: run x 3, swim x 2, yoga x 1
JaneB
1
SELF-CARE. Remember I'm still recovering from burnout and be kind to myself.
(i) do at least one mildly creative-with-the-hands thing
(ii) read most days
(iii) play D&D with group or with nibling
(iv) three days of stretchy/bendy type intentional movement for at least 15
minutes
(v) go to dentist (do not get overwhelmed and reschedule)
2 HOUSE-LIFE ADMIN
i) at least 75% of regular chore list
ii) do more sums/plan summarising related to latest voluntary redundancy scheme
iii) take 5 minutes daily to keep the kitchen looking great
3 TEACHING AND ADMIN
i) at least one teaching block (3-4 hours) on non-urgent teaching prep
(non-urgent = happening AFTER next week)
ii) do all the needed things to be ready for next week's teaching - a light
load this week
iii) finish chapter for grad student
iv) edit and submit funding application for other grad student (deadline this
week & has to go in in my name...)
4 RESEARCH
i) at least two hours on my grant idea plus setting up the online approvals
form
ii) at least two hours on part 3 of discussion for consultancy paper - we have
a meet pencilled in end of week so it's urgent now
iii) if time, referee paper. Not due until next week.
Julie
1.
Prep introductory sessions for both modules.
2. Finish adding materials to VLE.
3. Read chapters for two PhD students.
4. Research: work out remaining budget from small grant and what to do with it.
5. Sort tiles (URGENT!)
6. Organise daughter's trip.
7. Book flu jab
8. Enjoy talks at book festival this weekend!
Susan
1.
Keep going on the paper, keep up the momentum
2. Clean the apartment. I have not done a serious clean for too long.
3. Figure out which book I want to read. I have a pile of pleasure reading, and
nothing currently inspires me. :(
4. Have a good time with my SIL and niece on Saturday
5. Get COVID shot. (Dame Eleanor has convinced me not to do the double.)
6. Contact trainer to get going at the gym
7. Figure out how to charge the car.
8. Pick up threads on podcast plan.
