2026 Summer session: Week 5

 It is lupin season! Fair warning, the next few weeks of photos will probably have a lot of those… I really love them. Imagine my surprise when I mentioned to a someone that I’m trying to turn my yard into a lupin field, and she was totally surprised, and said she cannot stand lupins and thinks they look terrible… We happily agreed to disagree on that! But seriously, how can anyone dislike lupins?

                 

Which made me think about some of the things we sometimes dislike for no apparent reason, particularly things that other people think are perfectly normal, or even great. Also, I have very little brain power for thinking deep thoughts, so for this week, tell us about a strange or petty aversion that you have to something everyone else seems to be ok with.

Goals below, and a heads up that we might be close to a mid-session check-in (I know, I do not believe it either...). 

DEH

-finish conference paper
-go to conference and have a good time
-get a massage
-start frantic last-minute editing chores
-finish booking August trip
-exercise as much as possible given conference

JaneB

SELF-CARE:
* 3x20 intentional movement, 1 x making, 1 x small thing with people, reading every day (with dinner, in waiting times)
** pretty list of making methods and projects
HOME AND ENVIRONMENT:
* 75% of chores
** make nice looking lists (steps for the living room, the smaller tasks, the finances, the clothes projects)
* make list for decluttering person, make the most of session with her this week (if it happens!).
TEACHING AND ADMIN:
* more assessment-related bureaucracy and list of small end of year necessities
* one block of time on Icky Admin Task
* feeding back on final drafts for research masters student who hopes to submit this coming Friday (doing that is what displaced last week's teaching block)
RESEARCH:
* submit small group paper if people reply
* read through rejected paper and advise student on any changes before sending it elsewhere
* write draft text for second set of results from modelling problem, and run a couple more sets of modelling

Julie

1. Big article: one day.
2. Read through comments on review piece and decide responses.
3. Chase mentor for a meeting.
4. Book a room for a teaching prep meeting.
5. House/life admin: Father's Day, niece's birthday, book summer activity.
6. Self-care/fun: Dublin!

heu mihi
1. Write 5000 words! Can I do it?
2. Italian, read a daily story from the Legenda Aurea (just catching up on my medieval best-sellers here), exercise
3. Journal catch-up! Read proofs for two articles; process new submission
4. Enjoy birthday stuff and let myself be lazy/relax/have fun whenever I want this week!

Susan

1. Close on the condo (scheduled for Wednesday)
2. Figure out carpet
3. Talk to movers
4. Keep up with admin stuff from current employer
5. Do at least 5 chapters
6. Do fun things
7. Try to be helpful

Daisy

Make project plan for intern and two other students
Figure out rest of summer for work and family plans
Do something fun for birthday
Open one of the research project docs and pick a task to complete
Conference accounting and catch-up with everything