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I went to the grocery store this afternoon and while I was there, I picked up some hairspray. I haven’t purchased hairspray in years, so I’m thinking, “Why am I getting hairspray?” I decide it has to do with going to my mother’s next week. This line of thinking leads me down a whole thorny…

So 8 a.m. came really early this morning. I really could have stayed in my nice warm bed. I opted for scootching the kids over and making some space for myself, but it was pretty cramped and uncomfortable. Mr. GM moved them a few hours later, but I can say with confidence that I did…

So, I went out drinking with the office buds–always very fun. We always drink one more than we think we should. We managed to NOT talk about work (most of the time). Much fun had by all. Mr. GM took care of the kids and then darted off to a movie when I got home.…

Hee. I liked these. Indy is the land of my inlaws–the entire extended family (with a few exceptions). It’s a strange juxtaposition of middle-brow-trying-to-be-high-brow culture and downright redneck. I’m headed to Memphis myself in a few days. I might have to take some sign pictures there. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan…

Not so bad. After I worked myself up into a frenzy, the conference was actually quite nice. The teacher praised my son’s intelligence, was concerned about forgetting homework, but figured we’d work through it. I gotta stop doing this to myself. It will be okay. I can say that to other people for some reason,…

Today is the first parent-teacher conference of the year. Normally I look forward to these. I have a sweet and intelligent child who does well in school. I still have a sweet, intelligent child who does well in school, but this year we are confronted with the homework issue. We’ve had phone calls from every…

There’s a lot of stress and anxiety out there among the academic bloggers. Part of it is the time of year. Students begin to realize that no, they’re not going to pass and yes, maybe they should have come to class, written that paper in more than a couple of hours, or read that book…

Too many vacation days left–which means I get to take a lot of time off between now and the end of the year. The Amazing Race Starts again–I’m in an office pool; it’s cheesy and fun. Only 3 more working days (for me) until Thanksgiving New warm pajamas Civilization III–which I’m going to play after…

I woke up in the middle of the night worried about things at work. It was an hour before I could go back to sleep. I was also worried about bills and my trip to my mother’s. I have a long stretch of open time today–which is good. But I have a lot of little…

I’m going out on a limb and using this blog to post some thoughts about a book I’m reading (posted about here). These are just thoughts that I’m hoping to coalesce into first, something for my professional blog that the faculty read and second, into a presentation. Feel free to comment and argue. The basic…