Metamorphesis

I think maybe I'm changing into the kind of person I've always wanted to be. Of course it is October, which is always a great month for me. The color of the sky alone gives me enough joy and energy to skip through the day.

But the past two months have, overall, been special. Personally and professionally I've had time and energy to invest in efforts I wouldn't otherwise be able to undertake. I've done so many things! I almost feel like Oprah or Martha Stewart -- one of those incredibly accomplishing women whose daily schedule makes a normal person cringe.

And it's not like I'm working nonstop -- at least not most days. Wednesday I slept until 10:00. And today, for instance, I took fifteen minutes out of class to celebrate department birthdays, read three chapters of a book over pizza, and spent about half an hour working on my decorating scrapbook. I also plan to watch a DVD in a few minutes, while eating buttered popcorn.

(Aside -- Target has a GREAT microwave popcorn bowl that uses kernel corn! Can we say thrifty? I was going to put in a link to it, but they don't seem to have it in teir web stores. Check it out next time you're at your local store, though!)



In spite of all these leisure activities I've also taught for six straight hours (excepting the cake break), wrote two important emails, discussed lab software with our Lab Saint (Michael) and Divison Angel (Deborah), discussed work priorities with my lab assistant Drew, and held three conversations related to my "team lead" position. When I made it home at 5:00 I opened the garage doors and cleaned out another four LARGE boxes of R's stuff, carried the combined weekly total of sixteen bags of trash to the curb, did a load of machine-washable laundry, assembled a new sweater-drying rack, and washed two sweaters. Later I plan to take a shower and catch up on my email -- I know of at least one student who needs help with a project. I'm also going to go through a LARGE box of R's papers I found in the garage, but I'll be doing this while watching the DVD so it doesn't really count as work.

Maybe I'm changing. Maybe I'll actually do something, instead of loafing through life.