I hate 3am. I have worse nightmares when I'm awake than when I'm asleep. I seem to be taking naps during the day that have disrupted the 11pm-5:45am pretty-much-perfect night of sleep.
three things on my mind last night -- a three hour workshop about autobiography, my part is two 45 minute segments. this is what my dissertation is about. I know this. I can do this. But it's much scarier to do for faculty at the college. that's happening Tuesday.
second - before I went to sleep I scoured the sites for a ticket for ben t. for Israel for July. mr. t. is there on a $900 ticket right now. I knew it would be $1200 or so. now I can't even find reasonable for $1400. by that I mean the airline gets him to Newark and he should stay overnight in Newark on his way home and then spend the next day going to Houston. This is not on the way to our house. 40 hours! It can be done in 15. Or I punch through the options at $1400 and then travelocity gets cute and says, click here to see the price on the return ticket -- over $4000. I was thinking that if we got him one like mr. t. had, a few hours layover in NJ, he could actually fly without the extra $100 unaccompanied minor fee. But not if the layover is 8 hours in Amsterdam or Paris or Warsaw. almond joy did fine with that challenge in Dec, but it's not one I think ben t. is ready for. (her flight missed the connection in Milan and they were indiviually rerouted through other European cities. she got Frankfort).
third - what was third? oh yes, I'm reading Bangladesh byJames Novak and while it's from 1993, it seems to have a great picture of the country -- history, politics, weather/climate, just what I'm needing. I think ben t. is deciding not to join me and I'm starting to picture it on my own. I'm hugely excited (though wonder how this will work for them at home) and mostly nervous (terrified) about the teaching. as I teach more online, I like it more and more. what will I do if it's large classes? and lit surveys? ok, I'm hoping to have July to think this through. maybe August, too.
a beautiful day. just hope next Sat is as nice!
I'm nervous about my Wednesday workshop, too, even though I know a *ton* about my topic: it's just sharing my own ideas for working with the common book.
I think the deal for me is that my reputation precedes me? ;-)
Posted by: Julie | May 31, 2009 at 05:06 PM