One Week Down.....

I had two blog topics planned, either of which would have sufficed for tonight, but it ain't gonna happen. One is about criminals with whom I've been acquainted (including a murderer) and the other is about a quaint little restaurant that used to be in the small town I lived in. Most of the memories about that restaurant revolve around Sweet Girl. I'll get to those topics in the coming days.

As usual, it has been a crazy first week of school. Nothing really out of the ordinary, just busy settling into the new (old) routine. To all my blogging pals whose sites I have sorely neglected in the past week (or two), I PROMISE I will stop by sometime this weekend and leave a comment. Y'all are wonderful about leaving sweet comments for me.

I can't promise next week will be much better. Next week will be the first week of school in my ONLINE job, and I'm teaching two different courses this fall, one of which I've never taught before. After that things should settle down and I'll get comfortable and convince myself that, yes, I CAN work two jobs!

In the meantime, happy weekend to everyone and thanks for being my friends. Love you all!

Burning the Candle at Both Ends.....

Burning the candle at both ends.....I haven't really liked that expression ever since I heard a guy use it to describe the effects Mexican food has on him.

You're welcome.

Up early this morning and going nonstop ever since. Unfortunately, that means I have no time tonight for words of wisdom, humor, poignancy, history, confusion, celebration, reflection, judgment, complaint, praise, or cynicism.

Hell, I don't even have time tonight for drivel.

You're welcome.

In anticipation of tomorrow night's post, however, I will titillate you with the promise of a story about a guy Hubby knows from the golf course whose ex-girlfriend exacted some satisfying revenge. **Giggle**

Too Much Going On.....

Tomorrow is the first day of a new semester, which brings some degree of chaos every time. At least we aren't getting an entirely new crop of students, but most of them are starting new courses.

Tonight is my first online teaching session of this semester. Only 16 more to go.

Georgia and Georgia Tech are playing one another in basketball.

Georgia Tech is also playing against Iowa in the Orange Bowl.

I didn't mean to schedule tonight's session with so many athletic contest conflicts.

I really wanted to blog about my second trip to New York City.

Busy, Busy, Busy......

I hate having time on my hands, which is why I read, crochet, and play mindless computer games. But there's a fine line between being BUSY and being SWAMPED.

Aside: I apologize here to my friends who are working on various degrees right now. You know who you are. I bow to you. Because the number of things I have to do is microscopic compared to yours.

I mentioned in an earlier post that I'm an almost obsessive planner. It's a good thing at times like right now, because otherwise I would be sitting in the corner waggling my fingers and chanting nonsense.

Our regularly scheduled department meeting for my online job is this Thursday, but we will be on the road to the casino, so I had to attend the alternate meeting, which was tonight at 7:30. That's when I usually have my own instructional online meeting, so I had to move it to 6:30. Then I found out this morning that some committee I'm on (an online committee -- can it get more absurd?) was meeting tonight at 5:00. So basically I've been sitting here with my headset on since I got home from school. And I still haven't finished watching all of last night's episode of DWTS.

I guess it could be worse. During an online meeting I can eat, crochet, and roll my eyes. I can also make sarcastic remarks about the people who are speaking aloud. One of these days, I'm going to be like that guy on the ... is it an airline commercial? ... who is making faces at his boss, forgetting they're in the same room.

Tomorrow night I have to find time to do laundry and pack for our weekend trip. And prepare dinner. And do an online presentation for a group of my online colleagues.

I'd like to be just a little less busy, please.