Asleep in my shoes (again)
Well, I made it home from Midwinter in one piece. The same really can’t be said for my luggage. I think Delta has some kind of beef with me… that’s another story for a different blog.
There have been many occasions in my life where I have blamed a general lack of alertness (alertitude?) on jetlag; this time it’s frealz. Ha. I might be the only liblogger to say ‘frealz’ . Love it. Hopefully this will remind me to, later, share some thoughts on diction, nomenclature, and librarians.
If I can say one thing about my first year as a faculty librarian it’s that my assumptions and perceptions are constantly changing. I wrote recently about my instruction load for fall term and how pleased I was about the stats. Then I went away to a conference, and came back to find I have more classes scheduled in the next few months weeks than I did all of last term… how’s that for a little perspective?
To be sure, I’m feeling less freaked about classes now than I was in the first quarter. I also have the advantage of a partial instruction portfolio to work from. It was nice to realize I had to throw together a class right before I left for Midwinter and not stress the issue because I already spent ages prepping that course last quarter. Lather, rinse, repeat…
A real update on Midwinter and Emerging Leaders will follow at some point when I’m not at work. Also, my boss wants to meet with me today…eep!
Also, I miss working with Kevin. It’s weird not to see him every week. That’s neither here nor there, just puttin the word out.
