It's been an incredible 2 weeks on many fronts. I'm not sure I could even regale the tales of all that has gone on with Mom, the cat, traveling, car trouble, IV antibiotics, work, finances etc. I feel like I've been putting out a dozen forest fires with a bucket.
Right now I'm listening to large printer print a research poster that I'll be presenting at a major conference next week. I need to leave for the airport in about 13 hours. My "to do before I go" list is massive. My Mom is adjusting to her "apartment" in an assisted living complex near school. She's got furniture from her home in Parentville and her cat. Laundry is in piles all over the basement. Bills need to be paid. I don't think that I still fit into my interview suit. I really wish I had about 1000% more data on this poster. My teaching evals came today, and my rankings for my one class just don't seem to want to come up.
But there's enough. Mom isn't as settled as I want her to be, but she's happy, and hasn't noticed the things that I think are missing. Laundry can be done while paying bills. I've got enough other business casual stuff to get by. There's enough on my poster to spark conversations, and hopefully get help on the things I'm stuck on, and either way the national level presenation helps my tenure bid. And my rankings are good enough, and give me some neat things to look for at the conference for that course.
All in all, things are good enough. And for once, I'm OK with that.
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