To be filed under "Possibly Better Late than Never" ( a bit of pic-spam from our April trip Down Under... )

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The action started last Tuesday with a job interview at our local polytechnic; they've come into some extra gov't money and are looking for writing & rhetoric instructors. My current job is more admin / student support than teaching, so I couldn't resist applying for a position that would get me engaged with students and subject-matter again. I ( Read more... )

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Still waiting to hear about the job. < sigh > Meanwhile, distracting myself by getting started on my Snape-Hermione sequel. 2,000 words so far . . . Gawd, I'm slow.

( A wee bit o' BC West Coast pic-spam . . . because I can )

Job interview all done! Thank you to everyone who wished me luck: DP, Ann, sophierom, june, novin_ha, Claire, Celis, Lorena, JOdel, and Deeble. It meant a lot to know you were thinking of me.

The interview went reasonably well under the circumstances. Two days of frantic research. One day of struggling with PowerPoint < gags >. Then three ( Read more... )

Have just moved another massive mountain of marking and was expecting to enjoy a quiet weekend. Catch up on my educational technology coursework (neglected because of the marking). Finish outlining the plot for my SWIHNT sequel (!!). Hex away the larger dust-bunnies under the bed.

But two days ago, I was invited for a job interview . . . in ( Read more... )

Snapshots from the past two days ...

--a large house, complete with wood-burning stove, located in a very small town on Vancouver Island … dark, wet, and chilly outside
--before the champagne (below) but after a Caesar and a wee drop or two o’ red wine, an hour spent watching the first episode of Star Trek: New Voyages and laughing our heads off ( Read more... )