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It's the first day of December, and it's currently 17 degrees celsius/63 degrees fahrenheit in Boston, on a day that has set new cold records on the prairies (and on which it's currently -10/14 in my hometown). It's supposed to be colder tomorrow but warm like this again on Wednesday, because Boston. But I'm not here to whine about the weather. I'm here to whine about what I have to do this month, by which I mean, I'm here to post my monthly to-do list.
Dissertation writing goals:
SO CLOSE: finish draft of monastic vocations/careers chapter!!!!!
Strenuous efforts toward draft of priories chapter
• Look up citations for Morvan and villulas of Broerec, explain briefly
• Finish "everyone did it" section intro paragraph
• Write "utility of the monastery" intro paragraph with Albald, historiography
• Write "what utility actually meant in practice" intro paragraph with section thesis
• Put together/write up missing "mutual instrumentalization" footnote
• Write up next/extended Garin of Lanrigan/Combourg example
• Write up Judicael of Frossay example
• Write up Hervé of Erbrée example
• Have a look over new facsimile edition of cartulaire of Sainte-Croix
• Write up Sainte-Croix counter-example
• Footnote Sainte-Croix counter-example
• Write up administrative changes at Marmoutier counter-example [PROBS NOT, NO SPACE IN THIS DRAFT]
• Write conclusion
• Streamline format for appendix
• Make appendix
• Submit to advisor R in hard copy
• Finish monastic vocations/careers chapter
• Reread AMA conference paper, take notes towards chapter
• Reread Dol-Combourg chapter, take notes towards chapter
• Read relevant document commentaries in Guillotel Actes des ducs
• Decide if it's going to include foundations of abbeys
• Finish databasifying Marmoutier
• Make a list of all priories or possible ones
• Make dossiers for priories and their founders
• Add social connections of founders into dossiers
• Write discussion of what a priory was
• Contemplate abbey-founded priories
• Look at that autour de Cluny priories book
• Look more at general historiography of priories
• Give Robin Florian Mazel's historiographical overview?
• Come to legit grips with Sebastien Legros
• Write as much as possible [TO BE EXPANDED]
Other academic work:
Wrap up semester's teaching
Work on German
Assorted housekeeping
• Send email about assignment tech issues
• Keep up with student emails
• Meet with students as necessary
• Catch up on week 13 readings
• Week 14 readings
• Prepare for discussion, December 5
• Lead discussion, December 5
• Mark week 12 in-class writing
• Mark week 14 in-class writing
• Record recipients of Tuesday's attendance bonus question
• Mark week 10 papers by Dec. 2
• Mark week 11 papers
• Mark week 12 papers
• Mark week 14 papers
• Mark week 15 papers
• Mark final portfolios
• Calculate discussion grades
• Calculate in-class writing grades
• Calculate response paper grades
• Calculate overall grades
• Submit grades by December 22-ish
• Deal with any final adjustments to grades
• Mark KC's final few papers
• Adjustments to RM's grade?
• Continue daily practice with duolingo [current streak: 44 days]
• Continue entering new vocabulary into flashcards on phone [IN PROGRESS]
• Practice with vocabulary flashcards sometimes
• Seriously tho, do something about learning prepositions for reals
• Keep reviewing ACTUAL grammar in Jannach's German for Reading Knowledge
• Do some translating in duolingo if opportunity arises [IN PROGRESS]
• Take home Jannach's, German Fellowship of the Ring
• Start reading German Fellowship of the Ring over holidays
• Find out if it's too late to submit expense claim
• If not, prepare and submit expense claim
• Attend history workshop, Dec. 5
• Attend department holiday party, Dec. 10
Non-academic stuff to do:
NEW AND MOST IMPORTANT: Renew drivers' license while home
Take class 5 road test
• Skype paternal unit, Dec. 1
• Call maternal unit, week of Dec. 1 [have been texting instead]
• Write and mail overseas holiday cards, Dec. 1
• Write and mail immediate family holiday cards, Dec. 3-5
• Write and mail remaining holiday cards
• Skype parental units at usual times
• Phone call with Lauren before Dec. 16
• Phone call with Laurie Dec. 14
• Send prezzie to AB and FB and NEW WEE NB
• Message EB re: thank-you card, wedding gift [IN HOLIDAY CARD]
• Message RB-P re: address
• Email J re: Christmukkuh party, getting together around New Year's
• Send cheque to MB's parents in TX
• Send home parcel of prezzies
• Communicate with siblings and significant others in re: retirement gift
• Get new travel signature on I-20 before Dec. 16/PICK UP NEW I-20 Dec. 4
• Depending on things, contemplate changing flight to leave earlier
• Contemplate trip to Vancouver on Dec. 17
• Confirm flights
• Figure out how to get to airport this time
• Fly home, December 16
• Fly back to Boston, December 30
• Make sure aeroplan miles post to account [WATCHING CLOSELY: TRIP HOME POSTED]
• Keep on top of banking
• After Dec. paycheque transfer accumulating savings to CDN account
• Pay RCN bill [AUTOPAY ENABLED]
• Pay phone bill [AUTOPAY ENABLED]
• Figure out rent payment for January
• Collect rent cheques from housemates J & T
• Pay rent for January
• Settle utilities bills with J & T
• Participate regularly in dishwasher loading and unloading, kitchen cleaning
• Sweep floors at least once
• Clean bathroom at least once
• Close storm windows in kitchen and install plastic
• Close storm windows in bedroom and install plastic
• Clean room before leaving for holidays done-ish
• Clean out fridge before leaving for holidays
• Take bags of old exams to department
• Take old clothes to goodwill
• Keep self in delicious food, try to avoid wasting any
• Continue to manage fantasy hockey team
• Read something for fun, for serious, possibly on plane
• Watch hockey with Nana while home, in matching H. Sedin jerseys if possible
• Attempt to get a photo/selfie of me and Nana in matching H. Sedin jerseys
• Sherlock rewatch
• Get together with Z
• Attend paternal unit's retirement banquet
• Make Santa cookies [IN PROGRESS]
• Maximum family visiting while home
• Lunch with Nana and PP
• Tea with Nana and PP
• Snowshoe expedition with Morgayne while home, if possible [PROBS NOT]
• Rewatch first 2 Hobbit movies
• See third Hobbit movie
• READ ALL THE YULETIDE
• Post regularly to DW/LJ
• Reply to people's posts
• Complete December posting meme
• Write and post annual meme
This entry was originally posted at http://monksandbones.dreamwidth.org/774149.html. Talk to me here or there, whichever you prefer.
Dissertation writing goals:
SO CLOSE: finish draft of monastic vocations/careers chapter!!!!!
Strenuous efforts toward draft of priories chapter
• Look up citations for Morvan and villulas of Broerec, explain briefly
• Finish "everyone did it" section intro paragraph
• Write "utility of the monastery" intro paragraph with Albald, historiography
• Write "what utility actually meant in practice" intro paragraph with section thesis
• Put together/write up missing "mutual instrumentalization" footnote
• Write up next/extended Garin of Lanrigan/Combourg example
• Write up Judicael of Frossay example
• Write up Hervé of Erbrée example
• Have a look over new facsimile edition of cartulaire of Sainte-Croix
• Write up Sainte-Croix counter-example
• Footnote Sainte-Croix counter-example
• Write up administrative changes at Marmoutier counter-example [PROBS NOT, NO SPACE IN THIS DRAFT]
• Write conclusion
• Streamline format for appendix
• Make appendix
• Submit to advisor R in hard copy
• Finish monastic vocations/careers chapter
• Reread AMA conference paper, take notes towards chapter
• Reread Dol-Combourg chapter, take notes towards chapter
• Read relevant document commentaries in Guillotel Actes des ducs
• Decide if it's going to include foundations of abbeys
• Finish databasifying Marmoutier
• Make a list of all priories or possible ones
• Make dossiers for priories and their founders
• Add social connections of founders into dossiers
• Write discussion of what a priory was
• Contemplate abbey-founded priories
• Look at that autour de Cluny priories book
• Look more at general historiography of priories
• Give Robin Florian Mazel's historiographical overview?
• Come to legit grips with Sebastien Legros
• Write as much as possible [TO BE EXPANDED]
Other academic work:
Wrap up semester's teaching
Work on German
Assorted housekeeping
• Send email about assignment tech issues
• Keep up with student emails
• Meet with students as necessary
• Catch up on week 13 readings
• Week 14 readings
• Prepare for discussion, December 5
• Lead discussion, December 5
• Mark week 12 in-class writing
• Mark week 14 in-class writing
• Record recipients of Tuesday's attendance bonus question
• Mark week 10 papers by Dec. 2
• Mark week 11 papers
• Mark week 12 papers
• Mark week 14 papers
• Mark week 15 papers
• Mark final portfolios
• Calculate discussion grades
• Calculate in-class writing grades
• Calculate response paper grades
• Calculate overall grades
• Submit grades by December 22-ish
• Deal with any final adjustments to grades
• Mark KC's final few papers
• Adjustments to RM's grade?
• Continue daily practice with duolingo [current streak: 44 days]
• Continue entering new vocabulary into flashcards on phone [IN PROGRESS]
• Practice with vocabulary flashcards sometimes
• Seriously tho, do something about learning prepositions for reals
• Keep reviewing ACTUAL grammar in Jannach's German for Reading Knowledge
• Do some translating in duolingo if opportunity arises [IN PROGRESS]
• Take home Jannach's, German Fellowship of the Ring
• Start reading German Fellowship of the Ring over holidays
• Find out if it's too late to submit expense claim
• If not, prepare and submit expense claim
• Attend history workshop, Dec. 5
• Attend department holiday party, Dec. 10
Non-academic stuff to do:
NEW AND MOST IMPORTANT: Renew drivers' license while home
Take class 5 road test
• Skype paternal unit, Dec. 1
• Call maternal unit, week of Dec. 1 [have been texting instead]
• Write and mail overseas holiday cards, Dec. 1
• Write and mail immediate family holiday cards, Dec. 3-5
• Write and mail remaining holiday cards
• Skype parental units at usual times
• Phone call with Lauren before Dec. 16
• Phone call with Laurie Dec. 14
• Send prezzie to AB and FB and NEW WEE NB
• Message EB re: thank-you card, wedding gift [IN HOLIDAY CARD]
• Message RB-P re: address
• Email J re: Christmukkuh party, getting together around New Year's
• Send cheque to MB's parents in TX
• Send home parcel of prezzies
• Communicate with siblings and significant others in re: retirement gift
• Get new travel signature on I-20 before Dec. 16/PICK UP NEW I-20 Dec. 4
• Depending on things, contemplate changing flight to leave earlier
• Contemplate trip to Vancouver on Dec. 17
• Confirm flights
• Figure out how to get to airport this time
• Fly home, December 16
• Fly back to Boston, December 30
• Make sure aeroplan miles post to account [WATCHING CLOSELY: TRIP HOME POSTED]
• Keep on top of banking
• After Dec. paycheque transfer accumulating savings to CDN account
• Pay RCN bill [AUTOPAY ENABLED]
• Pay phone bill [AUTOPAY ENABLED]
• Figure out rent payment for January
• Collect rent cheques from housemates J & T
• Pay rent for January
• Settle utilities bills with J & T
• Participate regularly in dishwasher loading and unloading, kitchen cleaning
• Sweep floors at least once
• Clean bathroom at least once
• Close storm windows in kitchen and install plastic
• Close storm windows in bedroom and install plastic
• Clean room before leaving for holidays done-ish
• Clean out fridge before leaving for holidays
• Take bags of old exams to department
• Take old clothes to goodwill
• Keep self in delicious food, try to avoid wasting any
• Continue to manage fantasy hockey team
• Read something for fun, for serious, possibly on plane
• Watch hockey with Nana while home, in matching H. Sedin jerseys if possible
• Attempt to get a photo/selfie of me and Nana in matching H. Sedin jerseys
• Sherlock rewatch
• Get together with Z
• Attend paternal unit's retirement banquet
• Make Santa cookies [IN PROGRESS]
• Maximum family visiting while home
• Lunch with Nana and PP
• Tea with Nana and PP
• Snowshoe expedition with Morgayne while home, if possible [PROBS NOT]
• Rewatch first 2 Hobbit movies
• See third Hobbit movie
• READ ALL THE YULETIDE
• Post regularly to DW/LJ
• Reply to people's posts
• Complete December posting meme
• Write and post annual meme
This entry was originally posted at http://monksandbones.dreamwidth.org/774149.html. Talk to me here or there, whichever you prefer.