Here in the fake winter wonderland of my office (fake because it’s indoors but similarities include freezing temperatures and gray overhead, despite multitudes of lights!), I’m decorated, bundled, singing along with my iPod full of Christmas tunes, and waiting for the REAL holidays to begin! Thanks to our president, we will end our Fall [...]
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Happy Holidays!
Posted in Wife's Work, tagged carols, Christmas, happiness, holidays, holidaze, iPod, joy, winter wonderland on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back from Ramblin’
Posted in Wife's Work, tagged Asheville, autumn, driving, Fall, Humane Alliance, interstate, leaves, mini-break, North Carolina, slow, Smokies, Spay & neuter, Tennessee, Vacation on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On the pretext of a trip to Humane Alliance in Asheville, NC, Ron and I took a few days to drive north, through Eastern Tennessee & the Smokies, leaf-peeping and keeping a sharp eye out for the almost-non-existent birdlife. We traveled mostly state and county highways, avoiding the interstates in favor of small towns, [...]
It’s All About Balance
Posted in Wife's Work on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I go to work on Monday and have the same conversation with my colleagues there that I’m having at home….How do we turn out more work without sacrificing ALL the quality of what we’re about? How do we streamline our processes from beginning to end without having an end-product that is useless, or [...]
Silver City Refrain
Posted in Wife's Work on February 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I didn’t get the job. Ho-hum…
The disappointment hit me like a ton of brick when I got the letter, and it took me a few days (during which I was a total b@(**@# to really process what the disappointment was about. I think it was the chance at a new start somewhere [...]
Silver City Dreamin’
Posted in Wife's Work, tagged choices, jobs, New Mexico on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This week I applied for a new job — in New Mexico. What an ordeal! Not in terms of the application, but in terms of the inner turmoil it caused me — for weeks! Should I apply? Should I not? Maybe wait a year? The “what if’s” about killed [...]
Friday . . .
Posted in Wife's Work on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am so glad!
Time passing
Posted in Wife's Work on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It cannot be a week since I’ve posted. No? Well, 8 days or so . . . time is just whizzing by so quickly and there is much work still to do:
• newsletter for Audubon group
• grant for Animal Shelter group
• grant for work (BIG grant)
• helping with THE WRITER’s work — he [...]
Work Stuff
Posted in Wife's Work on August 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I spoke with a friend yesterday who has recently undergone a traumatic life-change in terms of work here at the university, something many have gone through in the last 10 years of turmoil and chaos. He is shattered, broken, lost…going through a crisis of “anomie” in his words. As I listened, I thought [...]
End of the Term
Posted in Wife's Work on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I finished grading and entered grades yesterday for summer term, and it felt very final somehow. I suspect it is because I’m not schedule to teach till next summer (and who knows what may happen between now and then?!). Since I haven’t talked much about this part of my life yet, let me [...]
