scheduling

I'm not on top of the scheduling these days. I should know my schedule at school by now. Why are dept meetings surprising me? Why am I not writing these into my calendar?

Or open houses at the kids' schools? Why don't I notice that one of the open houses is during the carbo load we're hosting? Don't dates make sense to me anymore?

Or is there a football game on Tuesday when I'm teaching at night next week and is there also a swim meet?

Or conference sign-ups. Why did it surprise me that I had a proposal accepted at 4C's? Don't I remember agreeing to be on the panel (no)? And is that the same week, somewhere off in April, that I agreed to do a community library discussion group about 6 hours away from here? What was the date on that?

I did sign up for a fantastic conference sometime in November. Is it the same time that we have tickets for Lion King?

Finally, I know I have to decide about whether to submit a proposal to a conference that's too far away and too expensive and in the same month that I really have to go to another conference that I'm a regional rep for -- but I was invited to the far conference and while it may seem that I have nothing to say there, that's really the question. Do I want to continue with the work that I was doing in the diss research, in which case, this would be THE conference to put together that summary paper of the process and being screwed hugely letdown by the family of my subject when they refused to let me continue to work on the manuscript, or do I skip it because it would be really expensive and probably beyond the range of the otherwise pretty good faculty development support money that the college does give me? (and there's probably less left available now if I'm actually going to CCCC's.)

no wonder my brain is scooting out from under the details.

Comments

[joanna]

You need to think carefully about that conference, timna. On the one hand, you'll be able to speak (again) to an audience of peers to whom your research and experience has value, and you're work will be validated in ways that it can't be while the family is holding on to the subject's papers. Is this likely to be a conference where you'll be invited again to participate in? Have you gotten the professional acknowledgement already? On the other hand, if you have had other opportunities to speak about your work, maybe it isn't so crucial that you go.

[timna]

I just withdrew from the C's. It's enough of a relief that I guess that was the answer.

Now I've got to think about a proposal for the far away conference. Might move away from the diss material and find other sources to think about.