Getting the hang of things
OK. I've found a bunch of new jobs to apply to in the next two weeks. I will be applying. But I'm starting to feel a bit more hopeful. Somehow, since last summer, I've managed to:
- end a marriage amicably
- find a one-year job, for which I turned down a different one-year job and adjunct classes at two colleges for the fall
- turn in one complete and very overdue book review now in press
- write a paper abstract
- teach a full load (15 class hours per week), including one brand-new prep very much not in my field
- move twice
- edit/proof a chapter of a friend's diss
- apply for 25 jobs so far
- interview for one job
- schedule an interview for a second job
- finish a draft of a second review that I've posted to my workblog for my colleagues to laugh at and critique so I can send it to my editor by this weekend
- make time to edit a paper for a colleague this weekend
Now ... I haven't been to the gym since this summer, or been for a run since September. And I have to get the draft of the paper done by early April. But I think I might be getting the hang of this academic stuff. Maybe. When I get all this stuff done and if I don't fall on my face at Kazoo, do I have your permission to give a very small lion-cub-like rowr?
7 comments:
Nope. Because a) you won't fall on your face at Kzoo, and b) because all of that deserves a big fat full-sized lion ROWR! :)
I think the roaring should commence. now!
Definitely! :-) (Will look at work blog later...)
You guys are so nice! And I forgot the parts about doing two carnivals and managing a list serv! Yipes. But it's nice to hear that from people with jobs, because I honestly have a hard time knowing how much normal, employed academics do.
Anything less than full-bore lioness will be considered unworthy of your accomplishments....
You'll be a star at Kalamazoo, and you can/should roar like a lion whenever you feel like it!!
rowr away!!!
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