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1. Hi, kids. Don't be me.
Josh is all the way better. I am so relieved. However, while he was sick, I basically did nothing but keep the house and kids afloat and catch up on the grading I didn't do while I was at my parents'. I was recovering physically from the trip, so it was basically sleep, grade, sleep, chores, sleep, cook, sleep, grade, sleep--you get the picture. The kids helped so much; I am so glad they are old enough that lots of these tasks can be delegated to them and that I don't have to play with them when I really can't. However, what this means is that I did not write the conference paper I was supposed to be writing this summer. The paper I am presenting this Friday. Aahhahhahahhahahah.
So, I started working on that this weekend. I already had all the research compiled, and with the exception of one book (review below), I'd already read it all before; I just need to go back through it looking for this different purpose. So I did all that over the weekend and Monday, wrote half the paper yesterday, and will finish the second half today when the first day of the conference is over (the joy of an international conference is that it's over at noon! the despair is that the first session this morning started at 4:30!). I'm not worried about finishing it or about the quality; the writing is going fine, and I'm pleased with it.
However . . .
2. This summer was supposed to be about me resting and recharging and rejuvenating and getting to a place where I'm not procrastinating all the time. And it's actually getting WORSE!
I am not a procrastinator. This is not me. I am a do-aheader. I am a 15 minutes early is on time kinda gal. I hate this.
I thought about going back to work a few days ago and nearly burst into tears. *sigh*
3. Here's some good stuff to read.
( some several things )
Josh is all the way better. I am so relieved. However, while he was sick, I basically did nothing but keep the house and kids afloat and catch up on the grading I didn't do while I was at my parents'. I was recovering physically from the trip, so it was basically sleep, grade, sleep, chores, sleep, cook, sleep, grade, sleep--you get the picture. The kids helped so much; I am so glad they are old enough that lots of these tasks can be delegated to them and that I don't have to play with them when I really can't. However, what this means is that I did not write the conference paper I was supposed to be writing this summer. The paper I am presenting this Friday. Aahhahhahahhahahah.
So, I started working on that this weekend. I already had all the research compiled, and with the exception of one book (review below), I'd already read it all before; I just need to go back through it looking for this different purpose. So I did all that over the weekend and Monday, wrote half the paper yesterday, and will finish the second half today when the first day of the conference is over (the joy of an international conference is that it's over at noon! the despair is that the first session this morning started at 4:30!). I'm not worried about finishing it or about the quality; the writing is going fine, and I'm pleased with it.
However . . .
2. This summer was supposed to be about me resting and recharging and rejuvenating and getting to a place where I'm not procrastinating all the time. And it's actually getting WORSE!
I am not a procrastinator. This is not me. I am a do-aheader. I am a 15 minutes early is on time kinda gal. I hate this.
I thought about going back to work a few days ago and nearly burst into tears. *sigh*
3. Here's some good stuff to read.
( some several things )
