Day 2, and the natives are restless. As you can see from the state of my desk and my sober mien, it’s getting into crunch time. Allow me to illustrate:
This graph clearly shows why my office has suddenly become the party office. J has walked by about 6 times in the course of the day, and Carrie is always sitting in one of me (three!) visitors chairs in the exact same position. The last time he told her she was ridiculous. It’s funny because it isn’t that she has been there all day, it’s that the moment that she has taken a break from work and come over to say hi, he’s walked by. Anne even came by after we paid her the courtesy of a pop-in to her office.
I have gotten a lot of work done despite all that today. I have finished marking the second reading assignments, and now I have to go through and deal with the missed ones, prepare my linguistics assignment, and also come up with the questions for the next three reading assignments. If I have time, I will also set up the signup lists for the next set of labs. I am hoping that I can get as much done as possible by tomorrow so that the remainder of reading week I can just finish marking annotated bibliographies and try to get my Maya article prepped to be sent out for consideration to the journal.
Total phone calls: 9, 4 from the same confused student. I think I finally straightened that one out.
Total visits: At least 9. Average duration 4 minutes, 32 seconds. Most were Carrie, but Anne, and Cathy both came once.
Amount of time spent looking up movie clips with people saying “Dude” for the assignment I am devising: 45 minutes. I have found at least 20. This assignment is going to be fun.
I think I have discovered the reason why my mum always said I was sullen and why some of my students say that I am bitter and unconcerned, or moody. If I am concentrating on something or many things, that eats up the energy I use to animate my face and voice. It’s like it is frooferau overlying core processes and it’s the first thing to go when more attention or processing power is needed in my brain. So I guess I come across as bitter or angry or something when I am really just distracted or absorbed. Good to know.
Tea of choice today: Murchie’s Queen Victoria, hot and black.