Today I had more thoughts about sabbaticals.

* I could cash in my vacation by just actually taking it.
* But then I wouldn't have a new job afterwards.
* I could just keep job hunting while working. Then I would have a new job and I wouldn't have to get so desperate.
* But then I wouldn't get to take a bunch of time off.
* Or cash in my vacation. Or ( Read more... )

I'm sending warm thoughts to those of you living your own Jack London tales. Be careful out there. Say dry. Or at least do not build your life-saving fire under a snow-laden tree ( Read more... )

Three resolutions, in priority order ( Read more... )

Neighborhood Association MemberToday I became a paying member of my neighborhood association for the first time. I have mixed feelings about this, but now I am supporting the newsletter, which I love ( Read more... )

I checked out a bunch of books at the library to help me prepare to become an adviser. Most are about advising, but I started with Robert H. Miller's Campus Confidential: The Complete Guide to the College Experience by Students for StudentsI can't help comparing the advice in this book to my actual experience as a college student. Before reading ( Read more... )

I feel good today. Although I'm still too negative at work, I'm finding ways to make that work for me. (For example, I may expect someone to always drop the ball, which is not fair and which is also depressing, but I now am more likely to have a catching mitt ready, which makes me better at my job and thus happier ( Read more... )

The family lore says I hate change and that I've always hated change. When I was born, I refused to breathe for a while. I never had to breathe before, obviously, why start now? Just let me back in that warm place ( Read more... )

The reason we went to Oklahoma was so I could attend a 2.5-day conference for math teachers. I learned a few interesting things. For example, one presenter said it's better to have the students struggle with a problem first so they will hear your lecture better than it is for them to listen to a lecture first and then struggle with problems ( Read more... )

It's the first month of the new fiscal year, so I'm now actually earning my raise-adjusted salary ( Read more... )

Today we were learning a dance move that takes a lot of space in one dimension, but not much space at all in another dimension. Imagine two people holding their arms out to their sides and standing side by side. They could cut off all the traffic in a ballroom (like they could in a roller rink). Or they could turn that position 90 degrees and ( Read more... )