Well I made a
(slowish) start on the paper re-write today. I began by dipping into my “self-helpy”
book on how to be a good & healthy academic, Robert Boice’s “Advice for New
Faculty Members, (which has probably been one of the most useful books I have
ever bought) and then tried to “mindfully” enter back into the realm/mind-space
of the article and the re-write. My first task is to re-read the whole article
in order to get an idea about what parts need to go or be revised. A lot of
what I will be doing will be making my own thoughts and statements clearer.
I was not entirely
successful in staying focused and thus spent the whole day reading, thinking,
writing and, yes, getting side-tracked with doing little things (searches for
books and terms e.g.) on the computer. I do feel though as if I made a start,
and so the day was not a complete waste.
I also managed to a
bit of yoga, cook a nice dinner, have a good talk with a friend who stopped by
and even watch a bit of the silly tv show I am watching on netflix-dvd’s right
now just to relax.
Tomorrow – more work
in store, plus a faculty/staff meeting. A number of errands and phone calls are
piling up that I will need to make soon, I’m also seriously considering calling
a landscaping company or just finding someone who will make our yard look
better than it does now…
On Thursday I am going
to roast a small chicken for dinner—I don’t do this very often, so I’m excited.
(It doesn’t take much!) Bill will return
in the evening.
We will go visit his mom in Parma, OH on Saturday & Sunday and then come back to spend Memorial Day at home with the kitties. Bill will go back to Boston on Tuesday.
