After the chaos of the last week of May and first two weeks of June, complete with two visits by relatives, two birthdays and two week-long workshops, I’m attempting to reclaim the house from the crap under which it is buried. In this process, I am also trying to organize my time better. Ideally, I…

Thanks to timna, for pointing out this article in the The Chronicle about the problem of academically-oriented (Ph.D.’s or I’d say, near Ph.D’s as well) people taking non-academic jobs in academe. It’s interesting because I feel like if I did produce research, it would be valued, maybe not in quite the same way, but people…

Back on schedule? Ha! I got up at 6:45, but I had intended to get up at 6:15 and work out. Then I was going to write or read for a while. I did not sleep well. Worried about issues at work. Worried about getting the kids off to camp safe and sound. There’s trash…

I’m back from my trip to Virginia. The visit included a huge party, complete with lots of booze, a bonfire, bagpipes, and camping. Interestingly, I didn’t drink this year (usually this is like New Year’s Eve for me), but I still *feel* like I got drunk last night. So I have the pain without having…

A la Scrivener: Dad–Beth WatersFather And Son–Cat StevensFather Lucifer–Tori AmosPapa Come Quick (Jody And Chico)–Bonnie RaittPapa Don’t Preach–MadonnaPapa Was A Rollin’ Stone–The Temptations It’s official–I need more music. I do have a Mamas and Papas album. Does that count? Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

I don’t do this often–most of the time I don’t have time–but here I am at work, blogging away. I have 50 minutes left before I leave. I’m leaving early for a trip to Virginia to visit friends. I feel only slightly guilty. When I return, I hope to be refreshed and ready to get…

Before the new Star Wars movie came out, Mr. Geeky went out and bought the rest of them on DVD and had Star Wars fest with the kids. They watched a movie a night for about a week. Then he took the kids to see the new one. A couple of weeks later, Geeky Girl…

It sucks that you have to stay until 5. Around 3:30, I ran out of work. Not that there wasn’t anything to do, but nothing sort of concrete and manageable within the 1.5 hours I had left presented itself. And I was tired. If I were a lawyer or consultant or something, I might have…

They aren’t happening. Laundry is piling up. There’s no food in the fridge. Life is getting messy. I wish I had more time. I’m ignoring all that stuff to spend time doing other stuff. I did get a lot of paperwork done Monday, but last night I decided to socialize when I had planned to…

That list from yesterday, not much done on it yet. But these are week-long goals. I’m hoping to have my professional blog up and running today. Not that I can’t post work stuff here, but I have ways of getting my information out to the people from that blog. And I think most of my…