Thursday, May 11, 2006

Fin

Coursework ended today. One month ago I wasn't sure how it'd go getting to herenow, turning out three twenty-pagers (on three disparate areas) along with presentations ranging from formal to informal attached to each. I was unnerved, anxious. Felt the time slipping away. But I managed, plodding through several sprints of reading and notes capped with focused two-hour writing sessions, drumming out four pages in each block. And the papers are, well, done at least. Turned in.

A busy summer is up next. Tomorrow, yard work (rain! rain!). In the blurry short-term just beyond tomorrow, I'm helping Ph. line up summer work (lawns mostly), teaching summer courses, moving CCC Online along, finalizing exam lists and beginning to dig on that reading. I also have a mini-seminar to attend next Tuesday. In the name of professional development, two mini-seminars are required of us each semester; this one counts for the fall. There's also a trip next week for a two-day retreat to Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondacks and a trip to Phoenix for a few days in early June.

Now I also need to think about forcing a few days of leisure. I've already read up on Ex Machina (1-10) and Y: The Last Man (1-36). Watched Scratch the other morning when I was ODed on revisions. I haven't been denied much of the NBA Playoffs, despite the end-of-semester crunch.

I'm anticipating a bit more vim for the blog, too.

Posted by Derek Mueller at May 11, 2006 9:30 PM to Qualifying Exams