Sunday, March 19, 2006
Snort Hack Wheeze Sniffle
Well, I haven't been sick in about 2 months, so I guess it was time.
I was getting sick after every trip I took at the start of the year (I always had to tell my students "I missed you, but no hugging" cuz I didn't want to make them ill). But since I haven't been travelling for 6 weeks I guess my body decided to get sick anyway. I'm sure it had nothing to do with Adrian's stuffy head and such.
In case you don't think teaching would be fun, go teach a couple hours of lecture while you have a sore throat. Seriously, NOTHING is more fun than that! (well, hitting your hand with a hammer might be a LITTLE more fun, but not much).
This week I've been cramming to get a couple papers done that I'm presenting at an international conference next week. After months of doing research and writing bits and pieces along the way I finally need to wrap them up. I guess it's true that I work well under pressure because I wrote the bulk of two 20-page papers in 2 days. Like they say, if you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute. I need to get them out this weekend to the rest of the people on my panel because some are coming from overseas and may in fact be on their way to the States now. Today is "tidying up day" on the second one, the first one has already been sent out.
I am slowly winding down my trips for work. This one is to San Diego and while I had hoped we could add some vacation onto it, I need to get back and do some work around the house to get it ready to sell. In April Adrian and I are both going to DC for work and he's sticking around a few extra days to do some work on our new home. I just found out that the first week in May my boss wants me to go down to Florida for some meetings for a couple days. He also tried to get me to go to DC for some training June 6-8, but since we're planning to move to DC on or about the 10th, I told him "uh uh."
How much you want to bet I get sick on one of these trips, too?
Oh, and there's talk we may get 20 inches of snow today and tonight. I think I'll leave the webcam pointed outside, that might be interesting to see.
I was getting sick after every trip I took at the start of the year (I always had to tell my students "I missed you, but no hugging" cuz I didn't want to make them ill). But since I haven't been travelling for 6 weeks I guess my body decided to get sick anyway. I'm sure it had nothing to do with Adrian's stuffy head and such.
In case you don't think teaching would be fun, go teach a couple hours of lecture while you have a sore throat. Seriously, NOTHING is more fun than that! (well, hitting your hand with a hammer might be a LITTLE more fun, but not much).
This week I've been cramming to get a couple papers done that I'm presenting at an international conference next week. After months of doing research and writing bits and pieces along the way I finally need to wrap them up. I guess it's true that I work well under pressure because I wrote the bulk of two 20-page papers in 2 days. Like they say, if you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute. I need to get them out this weekend to the rest of the people on my panel because some are coming from overseas and may in fact be on their way to the States now. Today is "tidying up day" on the second one, the first one has already been sent out.
I am slowly winding down my trips for work. This one is to San Diego and while I had hoped we could add some vacation onto it, I need to get back and do some work around the house to get it ready to sell. In April Adrian and I are both going to DC for work and he's sticking around a few extra days to do some work on our new home. I just found out that the first week in May my boss wants me to go down to Florida for some meetings for a couple days. He also tried to get me to go to DC for some training June 6-8, but since we're planning to move to DC on or about the 10th, I told him "uh uh."
How much you want to bet I get sick on one of these trips, too?
Oh, and there's talk we may get 20 inches of snow today and tonight. I think I'll leave the webcam pointed outside, that might be interesting to see.
