My Own Thoughts

This week we have received three invitations to high school graduations. All are from very close friends, three of my five closest aside from my hubby, and are for their eldest sons who are the same age as my eldest son. All three boys are valedictorians of their classes. My son isn’t graduating until August. [...]

80% of my miniterm students made As or Bs. That’s good. The class was smaller than usual, so my grading load was considerably lightened. I could require more papers if the class were always this small! I enjoyed teaching it. One student whom I expected to make a low grade ended with a B. That [...]

and I haven’t graded the research papers yet. I really need to get cracking on those. Or go to bed and get up early.

93% Guys/90% Girls who attend that church believe in God 67% Guys/50% Girls expect to remain faithful 13% Guys/25% Girls have had sex 67% Guys/50% Girls say that people in their circle drink alcohol regularly 13% Guys/20% Girls say that they have abused prescription drugs 10% of both say they have done illicit drugs 53% [...]

So I got research papers in yesterday and gave a quiz. Today I gave another quiz and got homework questions in. So I have all those things to grade because I didn’t grade anything yesterday. However, I have now graded everything, including the works cited, except for the research papers. That’s going to require my [...]

I made it to the finals for the job at CC4. I don’t know what they pay, maybe I should look that up. But about half their students go on to four year schools, so that’s more than at either CC I’ve taught at before. For 2002, the starting salary is $41,888. The max starting [...]

I’ve been dealing with very erratic moods and depression the last two or three days. I don’t know what is up but I really don’t like it.

I’m heading to California in June. I’m not sure when I am going or how long I am staying. I wish R was here so we could talk about it. Think I’ll email him so I’ll remember. It’s supposed to be a great conference. I can stay in a dorm. It’s cheaper. But you have [...]

because of the brave. God, please be with the families of those men and women who have fallen in the battle to protect our nation. Give them hope and comfort, especially today.

Two Memorial Project Commission members quit over the Project’s bad behavior Two Pennsylvanian’s quit the Flight 93 Memorial Commission last week, protesting Park Service plans to condemn five crash-site properties that it never negotiated for in good faith. Consider the case of the Lambert family, who have been on their land for three generations: “It’s [...]

I don’t think I mentioned before, but I am on the 13th floor. And it’s labeled the 13th floor. I took the trolley tour today from 11 to 4. It’s a two hour tour. I got on at Copley Park, which is where my hotel is, where Trinity Church is (which I toured yesterday), and [...]

It’s a nice hotel, but actually the one we stayed at in Albuquerque is fancier. Linda said I would love the bed and I was hoping for the Atlanta hotel bed experience, but it’s just a regular bed. When we get rich, I want to get the Atlanta bed. Maybe we could splurge for an [...]

I am enjoying being in Boston. I slept twelve hours last night. I was exhausted. Zonked entirely. I went to sleep around 12:30 Thursday night/Friday morning and got up at 5:15. That’s not too terrible, but I was already shorting myself on sleep the two nights before. I think I made up for it. By [...]

I’m in Boston. I agreed to be bumped from my flight, but apparently the two-too-many people they had on the flight didn’t show. I took a cab to the hotel. $32.50 by the end. The taxi drove down Beacon St, which I vaguely recall as being important. Most of the drive seemed to be in [...]

I am very stressed. I haven’t finished a paper that I thought would be very simple. I have the interview tomorrow that I have to give a presentation on. It’s a presentation I haven’t given in ages, because I haven’t been teaching argument. Not nice. I need to prepare a bibliography and a handout for [...]

I went to Dad’s Saturday, to give Chris a break. I picked the folks up at Grace’s recital and then took them home. Mom was nauseated from the chemo. Dad and I went to Cafe Adobo for supper. I didn’t have a handicapped sticker, so Dad had to walk in. On the way out he [...]

Thankfully I called them back just now. He had written down when my meeting was but hadn’t sent that information on to me. So I have an interview, for 45 minutes, on Tuesday at 2:40. It’s not far from R’s studio, though in a section I don’t usually go to. I guess I’ll head down [...]

I got a call today for a job interview at another college. That would be CC4, since I’ve used the other numbers for colleges I’ve taught at or had interviews at. I called back and left a message saying I needed an afternoon meeting. We’ll see what they say.

I just got my Kindle today. R had to go pick it up for me because UPS can’t find our house. And I opened it about thirty minutes ago. And it is now downloading a new update. Er, couldn’t I use it before it decided I had to download? Is the book I bought actually [...]