I am trying to remember all the little projects I'd like to do over Xmas break.
Also, a quick update on life generally, since UThink is going down tomorrow.
I am in the middle of my last written prelim, and still hoping that I will pass the second one AND can schedule my oral prelim before Christmas. I don't know what I need to do to prepare, so that's something to start thinking about this week.
We have been watching bunches of movies lately - Shrek 1 and 2; the Red Sox one (ah, nostalgia for the old town!), snippets of various godfathers that I overhear when B watches them at his desk.
This week is doable - quiz on Tuesday night; need to prep lecture notes, do some grading, and write some clever exercises for Wednesday night; light reading for Friday's class.
We may - cross fingers, all - have new tenants. A deal is brewing but hasn't been inked.
OK, things to do in January:
1. reorganize the tools area. I am so tired of digging through boxes of stuff everytime I need a simple screwdriver.
2. sort through all the stuff from the class I teach (which I may or may not teach next fall) and get rid of all the old lecture notes. Make one new set of folders by topic that contain all possible materials for each week, with the current (or updated as necessary from handwritten notes) lecture notes. The main thing is to get rid of the extra paper, though; if I don't teach it next year any more effort than that is just wasted time.
3. finish painting the trim in the kitchen.
4.organize my dissertation workplan for the spring (IF I pass and am ready to go, otherwise I'll be working on rewrites and prep for the oral).
5. read the book for the course I'll be TA'ing in the spring (IF I get word that I definitely get the job - rumor is that assignments will be hashed out on Dec 2, but enrollments look low to me so I don't know how far they'll get).
6. Begin to work on my presentation (and accompanying journal article) for the conference in early March. This is my first appearance on the national convention scene, so I want to do a credible job. Actually, it's easier to write the "real" article first and then abstract it and simplify it for presentation, so that'll be my approach.
7.Organize my Poland photos from the summer, so that I can use them and share them with my friends.
8. Document my summer project and turn over all the materials to my supervisor.
MT is not letting me make new categories right now, so I'll have to try to recategorize in the new system. (Or move my operation over to whatever commercial blogger I have an account at, I forget the name.)
ttfn, til Tuesday.