Hi All,
Saturday, instead of running the 5 mile race, I slept a lot and did not get out of PJs all day. Does this seem a bit surprising given all that had gone well? Perhaps - my body really wants 9 hours of sleep and it protests loudly, after a short period of time, if it does not get them. I did a bit more on Sunday, but I was pretty lazy last weekend.
I decided to start changing my schedule again effective today. It will take a bit longer to accomplish, but this one seems to be working better already. Why am I so schedule based? Truth be told - I really prefer unscheduled weekends, but the schedule assists with managing the chronic disease. I did have another energy drop, but I am still doing far better than I was even two months ago. So when I have no desire to run or I get fed up with how little I have gotten done, this is what I remember.
Tomorrow, the remaining students return to both campuses for Orientation and to begin the new semester. This means the lovely and wide open parking lot will become a nightmare shortly 8:15 am every morning. It also means that you can circle up to an hour with no luck, if parking after that time period, and arriving to the lot around 10 am. So I plan to begin parking in the public lot and taking the tunnels to my office or walking outside, if the weather permits, because that bugs me less than going around in circles. I never said it made sense, but this is me, folks!
I learned, lasts Thursday evening, that my article was accepted for publication. After making the few required edits, I resubmitted it on Friday. I expect that it will be available shortly after Labor Day. Although it was not the most exciting of projects, it should assist in the accreditation report and visit scheduled for the college I support in April 2020.
I taking a long Labor Day weekend and oh am I excited. So - yes - expect the post that week to be on a Wednesday or Thursday. Cello continues to be fun and challenging. I am supposed to see if I can find the similarities between running and non-cello hobbies. I have my work cut out for me, but it keeps me smiling. I also rediscovered how rusty my base clef knowledge happens to be. So I need to brush up on that!
Happy Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Circumstances can make you or break you; Change in Plan for Saturday; Happy First Week of Classes!
Hi All,
Today I gave a bit of a gutsy presentation. In some ways, I am a bit of a chicken professionally. You might not think this, because I usually have multiple projects going and I am full of ideas. When it comes to a tough issue, I try to deal with it but also not alienate people. By tackling both reproducibility and the unreliable aspects of impact factor (a common way to evaluate the quality of journals), I was sticking my neck out this morning. Thankfully, the attendees were respectful and they asked good questions. I am not sure what, if anything, will change, but at least they have an idea of what I think. And I might go down in history as the App librarian. So be it. Some circumstances can either make you or break you and I know that, if I had not experienced the stress of tenure, I could not have done this presentation as effectively today.
I decided to do just the 5 miler on Saturday. I could have continued with my original plan, but I would have been pushing my limits. So I backed down and, depending on how it goes, I may start looking at half marathon races. Having guests in town was really fun, but oh am I tired and off schedule. That's ok.
The first week of classes is almost over and so far my revamped program for meeting with students is going well. I hope it continues to go smoothly as I have 173 students to meet between now and September 20th!
My apologies for the tardy write-up and, yes, I will recount the good, bad, and the ugly of what happens on Saturday.
Happy Thursday (almost Friday) all!
Today I gave a bit of a gutsy presentation. In some ways, I am a bit of a chicken professionally. You might not think this, because I usually have multiple projects going and I am full of ideas. When it comes to a tough issue, I try to deal with it but also not alienate people. By tackling both reproducibility and the unreliable aspects of impact factor (a common way to evaluate the quality of journals), I was sticking my neck out this morning. Thankfully, the attendees were respectful and they asked good questions. I am not sure what, if anything, will change, but at least they have an idea of what I think. And I might go down in history as the App librarian. So be it. Some circumstances can either make you or break you and I know that, if I had not experienced the stress of tenure, I could not have done this presentation as effectively today.
I decided to do just the 5 miler on Saturday. I could have continued with my original plan, but I would have been pushing my limits. So I backed down and, depending on how it goes, I may start looking at half marathon races. Having guests in town was really fun, but oh am I tired and off schedule. That's ok.
The first week of classes is almost over and so far my revamped program for meeting with students is going well. I hope it continues to go smoothly as I have 173 students to meet between now and September 20th!
My apologies for the tardy write-up and, yes, I will recount the good, bad, and the ugly of what happens on Saturday.
Happy Thursday (almost Friday) all!
Monday, August 5, 2019
Monday, Monday, I might be crazy; Dayton Tragedy, Return of Students
Hi All,
I think I might be starting a Monday trend of blogging. For whatever reason, most Saturdays I end up doing lot of things and then crashing (literally as in yesterday) on Sunday. So if you here from me on Mondays, this would be why. It is rather nice to start the week with a recap of what happened (or didn't) the previous week.
On Friday, I signed up for a race in Jackson, Michigan. It is "Running of the Vines," and it is coordinated by the group, who puts on "Run Woodstock" each year. The crazy part is that I signed up to do both the 5k and 5 miler back-to-back. I can easily fit the time requirement for the 5k, which I plan to use as my warm-up, and then I will survive and maybe push the 5 miler pace a bit. Yes, I could be a bit crazy, but the prizes are wine, chocolate, cheese, and cider. Um, doesn't that sound fun to you? Or perhaps this is another crazy Margaret idea. We shall see. Recap to come post race and, when I hope to still be walking/running normally, on 19 August 2019.
And I hit my highest mileage in months last week, when I ran every other day (Saturday-Friday). I proceeded to crash on Saturday and I ended up napping a bit on Sunday. My electric company did not listen to my numerous calls an so I had to pay the whopper of a bill. It was 78 in my house on Sunday and maybe I will use that as my excuse for napping. I was also whipped, but that would be due to pushing the new schedule/how late can I stay up and maintain it boundaries. Oh well...I am adjusting to the new schedule and it really does work better, when I just stay up instead of going back to sleep and then getting up again a few hours later. That might be part of why I felt lousy Saturday and napped on Sunday.
I am in shock - still - about the Dayton shooting. Dayton is primarily south and a little west of where I live, but it feels close. Someone, who I dated for almost a year, is from that area and I "sort of know" someone else, who is safe. I feel awful about the shooting and I can only hope it is a wake-up call for the legislators. Something needs to change, because such tragedies are occurring far more than they should, which in my opinion should be never. I respect trained officials, who know firearm safety and need to protection for the positions they hold, but I have issues with an ordinary citizen owning a firearm for safety. I understand the Second Amendent and the right to own arms, but I still think we could and should be doing a better job.
Onto a more fun topic, the students begin returning today and Orientation kicks off on Wednesday. The next 8-10 weeks are going to be busy but oh so fun. I love the students, even when I begin to feel like I am dinosaur, but that's life. I have a dinosaur slide and I might just use it, when I facilitate my sessions this Fall.
Happy Monday - Stay Safe and, if you have loved ones in Dayton, know that they are in my thoughts.
I think I might be starting a Monday trend of blogging. For whatever reason, most Saturdays I end up doing lot of things and then crashing (literally as in yesterday) on Sunday. So if you here from me on Mondays, this would be why. It is rather nice to start the week with a recap of what happened (or didn't) the previous week.
On Friday, I signed up for a race in Jackson, Michigan. It is "Running of the Vines," and it is coordinated by the group, who puts on "Run Woodstock" each year. The crazy part is that I signed up to do both the 5k and 5 miler back-to-back. I can easily fit the time requirement for the 5k, which I plan to use as my warm-up, and then I will survive and maybe push the 5 miler pace a bit. Yes, I could be a bit crazy, but the prizes are wine, chocolate, cheese, and cider. Um, doesn't that sound fun to you? Or perhaps this is another crazy Margaret idea. We shall see. Recap to come post race and, when I hope to still be walking/running normally, on 19 August 2019.
And I hit my highest mileage in months last week, when I ran every other day (Saturday-Friday). I proceeded to crash on Saturday and I ended up napping a bit on Sunday. My electric company did not listen to my numerous calls an so I had to pay the whopper of a bill. It was 78 in my house on Sunday and maybe I will use that as my excuse for napping. I was also whipped, but that would be due to pushing the new schedule/how late can I stay up and maintain it boundaries. Oh well...I am adjusting to the new schedule and it really does work better, when I just stay up instead of going back to sleep and then getting up again a few hours later. That might be part of why I felt lousy Saturday and napped on Sunday.
I am in shock - still - about the Dayton shooting. Dayton is primarily south and a little west of where I live, but it feels close. Someone, who I dated for almost a year, is from that area and I "sort of know" someone else, who is safe. I feel awful about the shooting and I can only hope it is a wake-up call for the legislators. Something needs to change, because such tragedies are occurring far more than they should, which in my opinion should be never. I respect trained officials, who know firearm safety and need to protection for the positions they hold, but I have issues with an ordinary citizen owning a firearm for safety. I understand the Second Amendent and the right to own arms, but I still think we could and should be doing a better job.
Onto a more fun topic, the students begin returning today and Orientation kicks off on Wednesday. The next 8-10 weeks are going to be busy but oh so fun. I love the students, even when I begin to feel like I am dinosaur, but that's life. I have a dinosaur slide and I might just use it, when I facilitate my sessions this Fall.
Happy Monday - Stay Safe and, if you have loved ones in Dayton, know that they are in my thoughts.
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