Summer-north, Winter-south week 13: The End

The time has come for us to part--or so says Mr. Phillips, the schoolmaster, on the last day of his tenure at the village school of Avonlea in Anne of Green Gables, which I'm currently rereading with my son. None of the students likes Mr. Phillips (except, of course, Prissy Andrews), and yet all the girls weep into their handkerchiefs through his parting speech and all the way home. Some sessions feel a little bit like that, don't they?

**Picking up from where I left off several hours ago: Huge apologies, again. I got caught up in Family Stuff today and am only now grabbing 5 minutes to finish this before it's off to Bedtime Rigamarole. (I've been helping Bonaventure do a major overhaul of his bedroom--not something to discourage, let me tell you.)**

So, anyway, this is it: Time to reflect on the session as well as last week. And please let us know if you're willing to host the Intersession (about 4 weeks) or Sept-Dec (12-13 weeks)!

Last week's goals:

Dame Eleanor Hull:
Final check of syllaboi and send them to be copied.
Some Blackboard set-up for both classes.
Post-conference e-mails.
Mow lawn, pay bills, other household whatnot.
Pack and organize for next trip.
Regular exercise, stretching, safe food, adequate down time.
Stretch goal: if I can do most of the other stuff today, lock myself in my study tomorrow and finish off the f^(&!%g R&R that is still hanging albatross-like round my neck.

heu mihi:
1. Reread Wonder?
2. Work on conference paper?
3. Prep week 2 of classes
4. Sit x? Language x?
5. Anniversary book

humming42:
1 Write and submit one book review
2 Keep up with grading and comments
3 Write something every day
4 Finish reading a review book
5 Submit Square abstract

oceangirl101:
1) meet with postdoc
2) research/data crunching, writing on Ch 6
3) travel plans for fall
4) meet with postdoc
5) get MRI

Susan:
1. Syllabus #1: Get sections outlined
2. Violence: Start quick revision 
3. Keep walking
4. See people

Session goals:

Dame Eleanor Hull:
1, underpinning all the rest, maintain healthy exercise and eating routines.
2, live with uncertainty and work the process w/r/t house.
3, finish 3-year-old R&R.
4, conference paper/part of book chapter.
5, plan all 4 classes for next year.
6, regular reading/study of foreign languages.

Elizabeth Anne Mitchell:

• Organizing Goals:
• Create and execute a clear organization to the scholarly apparatus for Prudence.
• Slash and burn through three lateral file drawers
• Writing Goals:
• Edit three pages a day of Prudence. 
• Health Goals:
• Get through surgery and recovery.
• Continue to walk, dance and move.
• Continue to eat better than I did a year ago.
• Creativity goals:
• Write at least fifteen minutes a day on a creative project--novella, novel, or story bible.
• Knit for at least a half-hour daily.

Good Enough Woman:

1) 5 hours of exercise per week
2) 5x meditation per week
3) 5 hours of writing per week
4) 5 hours of prep work per week
5) 5 hours of house chores per week (organizing, gardening, etc.)
6) 5 new family-friendly plant-based meals to add to the repertoire

heu mihi:

1. Read 20 books (mix of work and leisure)
2. Meet deadlines: (a) submit Death essay by June 15; (b) draft/write/submit up to four conference abstracts (due June 3, Sept. 15(?), Sept. 15(?), and Oct. 1); (c) submit proposal for edited collection by Sept. 1; review copy-edited book MS (June/July-ish--depends on when it comes in)
3. Revise Wonder essay and figure out where to send it next
4. Revise novel draft from NaNo 18
5. Yard work for 3 hours/week
6. Run 6 miles one time
7. Language study (30 minutes, 5 times a week)
8. Sit (in meditation) some amount

humming42:

1 submit Perform abstract
2 write Perform as if I will present in Fall
3 write and submit Slow
4 develop full outline for Tiny Project
5 organize and outline for December essay

JaneB:

1a - self-care. water (lots), food (eat well), sleep (get into better habits), calm (cultivate it), less noodling (more deliberate choices)
1b - creating domestic order (a sub-class of self-care, but one with particular needs right now). continue to make progress with decluttering, with particular goals of having a kitchen I want to use and to have gotten a series of small handy-person-needed tasks done.
1c) making things. I want to get on with the research-related squares which have been quite neglected, finish never-ending project (which is in cotton yarn so pretty summer-handwork-friendly) and a pair of socks. Work on my NaNoWriMo novel from last year, and if I find the right mental space write some poetry.
2a - research writing. Get ProblemChild2 dispatched if possible to its first choice journal. Fragment (a new project F paper) - this will be a conference presentation in July and should become a complete paper manuscript by the end of the session. And get FlatProjectFirst into a fairly complete draft (assuming the problem I spotted last week is just a quirk and not an oh bug*ger we need to redo everything). Also write equivalent of one research grant application.
2b: teaching prep (to make space for more calm in semester). Key areas are "new" modules (complete rewrites of the GiantFirstYearModules, which I rather resent right now) and setting up a new teacher bag and teaching prep system (I like making systems).
2c: research data and admin things (I need to do some sample analysis on samples from FavouriteIslands, work out some storage solutions for twenty-mumble years of samples which are bursting out of their boxes and implement them, and refresh our collection of teaching/outreach visual materials for my core area, so it comes under research as it will be fun...).

karen:

- have a creative work complete to the point of showing to collaborator
- have a complete first draft of conference paper
- complete WIL project to the point of having report/actions written up
- complete coursework masters internal review to the point of having draft proposal ready for senior leadership group
- do a park run

KJHaxton:

1. to build in writing time into my schedule. Aim: 1 hour per day.
2. to research-analyse-write deliberately and to a plan. Aim: make a plan for each project
3. to work modestly on teaching prep to make space during semester time for items 1 and 2 on this list. Aim: 1 half day per week
4. to work modestly on admin tasks to make progress, but on a schedule that suits me, not the latest 'emergency'. 

oceangirl101:

- complete 2.5 chapters of book (or more)
- work on resilence and time paper with colleagues
- widen/strengthen group of local friends/support network
- self care: eat well, garden, exercise 4x a wk

Susan:

1. Finish Violence
2. Review collaboration paper (almost done)
3. Finish memorial
4. Prepare two semi-new courses
5. House stuff: roof, new floor for bedroom, new ceiling fans? Decluttering
6. Keep (return to) walking
7. Read for fun as well as work