Man, this midterm marking is depressing me. Not just having to mark, but the fact that the students are doing really sub-par. It's the same course I TM'ed last spring, and they did really well for the most part, but this time round, it's like maybe 10% actually studied, and the rest are winging it. I know I shouldn't care if they do well, especially since I'm not involved the same way as when you do tutorials, but it's still disappointing somehow.
Anyway, will keep at it. Luckily, looking forward to a break on Saturday for some climbing at the edge, and dinner out. Should be nice.
Starting to think about christmas plans. Can't decide how when to go to Vernon, before or after Christmas cay. Especially since Kirsti will be around, and I may actually get to see her!!! For now I'm in denial that I also have a large paper to write over the break...but will think about that later!
Anyway, that's it. Back to marking and waiting for my SPUD delivery.
midge.
it's almost 4, and i'm awake again. i keep not being able to sleep. what the hell??? i even did cardio today!!! blah.
concert was good tonight though.
wah. i want to go to sleep.
But first...how bad could it be to just eat brownies 3 meals a day? mmm...
Frusteration #1: yesterday.
Before heading up to school, I was flipping through the copy of my progress report that I'd gotten back the day before. Something caught my eye. In my supervisor's comments... "I expect she will finish sometime during the 05-03 semester." Next fall...what the...? We had just talked last week about how I was planning to finish by the end of the spring semester. So I send off an email asking if this was a typo, and if so to notify the Grad Chair (who happens to be on my committee) because they already met the day before to assign GF's (6000$ you get during your last semester, so that you can just write your thesis and not have to TA).
The reply a few hours later: yes, this was a typo. I go talk to the grad chair. GF's have been assigned. I did not get one. It may or may not have been due to the typo, since there is a shortage, and not everyone will get one. Followed by this, a calm but assertive plea on my part, explaining that I really want to finish by the end of the spring semester, and if I have to TA, this will be difficult.
The outcome? The grad chair is very sympathetic, and is now on the case. With the help of a really nice letter from my supervisor, they hope to secure 2 extra GF's, one for me, and one for another student in a similar situation.
Stay tuned for updates.
Frusteration #2: laundry.
Can't a girl just do some damn laundry??? I do laundry at most once every 2 weeks. I believe the same goes for the boys. And I like to do all my laundry at once. I time it, and switch the loads as soon as they're done. I wouldn't say that I'm compulsive about it, but just that I like to do it a certain way--efficiently. And it seems that no matter how I try to time it, my laundry is always interupted because our friends who live downstairs do several loads a day and do not switch them when they are done. And, if laundry is sitting there, and I move it to start mine, it inevitably gets interupted when they decide to do the next load.
I know it is a small thing, but it drives me crazy. As suggested by a friend recently, I have decided that I am going to take action. I am going to request one day a week for upstairs laundry only. I just need to do my chores in a peaceful way. Is that too much to ask?
Ahhhh...venting complete.
midge.