Hubby is home for the long weekend.
He had some good flight mojo and came in earlier than planned. Now he's napping in our bed, probably with a cat or two.
Tonight we'll go shopping and to dinner. Tomorrow night Brain will come over for dinner. During the day tomorrow I'll probably talk him into going to the BN state fair. They have the best cheese curds EVER -- and I hear they have deep-fried chocolate chip cookies... wow. They said on the radio today that the llamas would be there, and I LOVE llamas.... so we'll go for a while and then come home for a shower and a nap.
We both have work to do this weekend. I have prep, grading and papers to write. He has lectures to work on and some dissertation things to do. It is nice that we'll do them together.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
No more Apprentice for us...
I tried to post a link and it didn't work...
We are currently outraged -- Trump fired Caroline Keptchner from both the show and his company....
Hubby and I are big Caroline fans --- and this won't be tolerated.... not even to watch huge egos get pricked when they lose a challenge.
Caroline had a great sense of humor, lots of grace and more than enough common sense. She made Trump look good, and he canned her. Not just from the show either, but from the company.
He's keeping George Ross in the company --
the worst thing is that he's replacing Caroline and George with his kids -- who aren't at all adequate judges of character and can't have the business sense that his actual advisors have had.
I used to defend Trump, mostly because I figured he did something right in hiring Caroline in the first place -- and was doing something right in keeping her. Now he isn't doing anything right.... and I'm not going to watch his show.
We are currently outraged -- Trump fired Caroline Keptchner from both the show and his company....
Hubby and I are big Caroline fans --- and this won't be tolerated.... not even to watch huge egos get pricked when they lose a challenge.
Caroline had a great sense of humor, lots of grace and more than enough common sense. She made Trump look good, and he canned her. Not just from the show either, but from the company.
He's keeping George Ross in the company --
the worst thing is that he's replacing Caroline and George with his kids -- who aren't at all adequate judges of character and can't have the business sense that his actual advisors have had.
I used to defend Trump, mostly because I figured he did something right in hiring Caroline in the first place -- and was doing something right in keeping her. Now he isn't doing anything right.... and I'm not going to watch his show.
Of butter cows and kitty porn
the extra-toed cat and the clean sheets --- as requested.
and the butter cow from the Iowa State fair, because everyone should see the butter cow once in their lives.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Tempted to send hubby Kitty Porn
I was changing the sheets just now, since hubby comes home tomorrow :).
Because hubby isn't tempted by real porn, I thought about sending him something that would be tempting...
a picture of the extra-toed cat lying on the clean sheets on our bed --
but it would be too mean...
he'll have to wait to see it for himself.
Because hubby isn't tempted by real porn, I thought about sending him something that would be tempting...
a picture of the extra-toed cat lying on the clean sheets on our bed --
but it would be too mean...
he'll have to wait to see it for himself.
Reading for Pleasure Wednesday -- "Family Baggage"
"Family Baggage" by Monica McInrney is a fun book about a family run travel agency in Australia. The agency specializes in TV theme tours and the story begins when a member of the family failing to meet a tour in England. From there, some people find out the truth about the family and others fall in love.
This is a fun book, certainly not an intellectual challenge or a great novel, but a nicely engaging look at a family who cares about one another. Like most books it has its slow points and unrealistic aspects... One of the unrealistic bits is how the family flies so easily -- given the state of airtravel now, casually hopping on flights here and there without thoughts about luggage, airport secruity and the like.
If you see it at Border's on the 'buy two get one free' sale, get it -- but don't pay full price :).
This is a fun book, certainly not an intellectual challenge or a great novel, but a nicely engaging look at a family who cares about one another. Like most books it has its slow points and unrealistic aspects... One of the unrealistic bits is how the family flies so easily -- given the state of airtravel now, casually hopping on flights here and there without thoughts about luggage, airport secruity and the like.
If you see it at Border's on the 'buy two get one free' sale, get it -- but don't pay full price :).
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Details... people... details -- one more time...
My phone number situation isn't any better -- of course.
It also seems that my Spring 07 schedule request got lost. In a way, it worked to my advantage... but, it still infuriates me.
Last March I missed 4 days of classes to take the debate team to two national tournaments... and, of course, that is when they decided to send around the first draft of the schedule. Since we are a small department, it wasn't a huge deal that I'd miss the entire period the schedule was out -- mostly because the person below me in seniority is very flexible and fair... so, when I got back I picked my classes, had him pick a new one to supplement for one I'd taken from him, and sent my request to my Dean's office.
(where it must have been lost... )
Then, AFTER finals week, we had about a week to proof the 2nd draft of the schedule. Of course, that week was when I was in Colorado.... and I was never left a copy of the schedule... of course, since my Dean's assistant is very good, I trusted that my changes would be on the schedule and all was find.
It wasn't... my Spring 07 schedule is the same as my Spring 06 schedule. I found this out last week.
When they gave us from Thursday afternoon to Monday at NOON to make any final changes.
Of course, it was pretty much too late -- so I got stuck with what I didn't want to teach. Of course, my chair didn't seem to give a crap -- and since the schedule print date was earlier last week -- she's probably been the source of delays all along... and it never happened like this with other chairs... and nobody else has changed.
It means I'll have a total of 6 preps this year. The good news about that is that entitles me to an extra credit -- which, along with the way they count the debate class and my debate release time, allows me to teach only TWO philosophy classes in the spring.
I'd feel bad about this, but the fact of the matter is that I didn't engineer this and I wouldn't have the extra credit if they hadn't messed up the schedule in the first place. When the nosy nellies come to my Dean to complain about my schedule, she'll have to explain the fact that I didn't want to teach intro to Philosophy next semester-- and that the fact that her office messed up allowed me to reach my contractual number of credits while teaching those classes.
It also seems that my Spring 07 schedule request got lost. In a way, it worked to my advantage... but, it still infuriates me.
Last March I missed 4 days of classes to take the debate team to two national tournaments... and, of course, that is when they decided to send around the first draft of the schedule. Since we are a small department, it wasn't a huge deal that I'd miss the entire period the schedule was out -- mostly because the person below me in seniority is very flexible and fair... so, when I got back I picked my classes, had him pick a new one to supplement for one I'd taken from him, and sent my request to my Dean's office.
(where it must have been lost... )
Then, AFTER finals week, we had about a week to proof the 2nd draft of the schedule. Of course, that week was when I was in Colorado.... and I was never left a copy of the schedule... of course, since my Dean's assistant is very good, I trusted that my changes would be on the schedule and all was find.
It wasn't... my Spring 07 schedule is the same as my Spring 06 schedule. I found this out last week.
When they gave us from Thursday afternoon to Monday at NOON to make any final changes.
Of course, it was pretty much too late -- so I got stuck with what I didn't want to teach. Of course, my chair didn't seem to give a crap -- and since the schedule print date was earlier last week -- she's probably been the source of delays all along... and it never happened like this with other chairs... and nobody else has changed.
It means I'll have a total of 6 preps this year. The good news about that is that entitles me to an extra credit -- which, along with the way they count the debate class and my debate release time, allows me to teach only TWO philosophy classes in the spring.
I'd feel bad about this, but the fact of the matter is that I didn't engineer this and I wouldn't have the extra credit if they hadn't messed up the schedule in the first place. When the nosy nellies come to my Dean to complain about my schedule, she'll have to explain the fact that I didn't want to teach intro to Philosophy next semester-- and that the fact that her office messed up allowed me to reach my contractual number of credits while teaching those classes.
Counting, and not counting
I count the things before hubby comes home....
One more 'wake-up' before the day he comes home.
Two more mornings with the bed to myself.
Two more nights with nobody stealing my pillow or warming up my side of the sheets.
Four more classes to teach.
80 quizzes to give and grade.
One more debate coaching session.
One trip to the grocery store for yummy stuff from the butcher.
One bunch of laundry to wash.
One apartment to spiff up.
One more full day.... and two partial days.
and when all of the above are over and done, he'll be home. and then I stop counting -- because I don't want to count the days until he goes back to Red State and I can't count the laughter and the fun we'll have. I won't count the silent moments when we are both working on stuff in the DC. I can't count the number of times the blind kitty will yowl at hubby... nor can I quantify how loud he'll be when he realizes hubby is home and I can't count how much the oldest kitty will shed...
and a couple of weeks after he's gone -- after I've done some more counting -- I'll go see him in Red State.
Sooner or later it will be Red State school's fall break and he'll be home for a week. Even though I'll have to teach, it will be nice to have him here.
One more 'wake-up' before the day he comes home.
Two more mornings with the bed to myself.
Two more nights with nobody stealing my pillow or warming up my side of the sheets.
Four more classes to teach.
80 quizzes to give and grade.
One more debate coaching session.
One trip to the grocery store for yummy stuff from the butcher.
One bunch of laundry to wash.
One apartment to spiff up.
One more full day.... and two partial days.
and when all of the above are over and done, he'll be home. and then I stop counting -- because I don't want to count the days until he goes back to Red State and I can't count the laughter and the fun we'll have. I won't count the silent moments when we are both working on stuff in the DC. I can't count the number of times the blind kitty will yowl at hubby... nor can I quantify how loud he'll be when he realizes hubby is home and I can't count how much the oldest kitty will shed...
and a couple of weeks after he's gone -- after I've done some more counting -- I'll go see him in Red State.
Sooner or later it will be Red State school's fall break and he'll be home for a week. Even though I'll have to teach, it will be nice to have him here.
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