Posts Tagged ‘Personal’
Time flies…
when you’re having fun. And, if the last week is any indication, even when you aren’t!
I have not had a chance to sit down and write about the NWP Conference. Or what’s going on at work, Moodle-wise. I am going to do both real soon here. I promise!
Excuses, excuses
There are none, of course. I am not even sure where I have been and what I have done that I haven;t posted here for 2 weeks! Let’s see if I can do better now!
You know you are getting old when…
In my day, dorm essentials included a typewriter, towels, and bedding. We didn’t have refrigerators or coffeemakers or microwaves. (I went to university in the Stone Age, I guess!) So imagine my surprise today when I received a sales flyer advertising their “dorm essentials” — including a 37″ HDTV! I wonder how much of this is marketing and how much indicates a new reality, in which 37″ HDTVs are considered a necessity. I am sure it is mostly hype, but how long it will be before it isn’t? I am getting old.
No excuses
I really have no excuse for not posting here lately. I am just feeling a tad overwhelmed and unable to focus on anything for too long. I am finishing my summer classes next week, am making a conference presentation on the 15th, test students on the 17th and start teaching on the 19th. This is going to be a bad month for posts, I’m afraid!
But that being said, I am excited about my classes in the fall. We will be using blogs and wikis more. I am anxious to get started!
Back home again
Well, I was gone for a week. I thought I would have a chance to post while I was gone, but internet access was limited by having to go to a coffee shop to do it. And then there was so much stuff I HAD to get done that I didn’t do anything extra at all. Didn’t even really check email.
But now I’m back home. I have a ton of stuff to get done, but I think I will get a chance today to catch up on my reading and do some writing. I have missed it.
Have I turned a corner?
For years and years I was amazed that my kids never picked up the instruction manual for any piece of technology; they would just play with it until they figured it out. I could never imagine doing that. But today as I was working with Blackboard and Wimba, I realized that I don’t read the book anymore, either. I am not sure when this happened, bt it has definitely happened.
I looked at many of the others in the course with me — all people about my age or younger. They are where I was a few years ago. I understand now why my kids used to get frustrated with me sometimes!
Anyway, this was something that struck me today. I need to pay attention and see how true it is.
Almost back among the living
The semester is over. I am now trying to clear away the pile of things that got put to one side so I could finish the semester. I am getting to the bottom of all that, so I will soon be able to read and think and blog again.
Miss me?
Probably not. But in case you did… It is the end of the semester. Life is crazy. I will return!
April is passing me by
Or at least it seems to be passing my blog by! I am not sure what is happening, but I can’t seem to write. It isn’t anything major, I don’t think. Just lack of focus and being busy. And maybe a little lazy!
I am busy working on several projects at work — my summer course, a plan for an online certificate program and the final changes to the curriculum proposal that is in committee now. It is all pretty easy and fun, but I am letting it keep me from blogging.
More thinking about a doctorate
Charles suggested that I might think about a doctorate in Rhetoric and Composition. There is a big part of me that thinks I would enjoy that. There is a program at New Mexico State that I will look into more. I am not sure if it is all face-to-face or not. It looks like it is, but I am not sure. If it is, I probably can’t do it — except maybe in summers. But thanks, Charles, for reminding me of this possibility.

