Wild Wood Wanderer

Okay, so the three days of writing bliss turned into a half day of hellish writing with two and a half days of procrastination. And the last week of class has subsequently turned into a living nightmare. I still have two papers to write and two exams to take. Oh, and I have successfully avoided my T.A. advisor by using mirrors around corners, sporting a fake mustache and pretending I can’t speak English. Okay, well maybe not the mustache.

Good news: the other T.A.’s grades were the same. Bad news: He is still not going to care.

My advisor for my Teaching Assistantship just sent me a nastygram. The class average for the lab I teach turned out to be a B+. At least one other T.A. got these results too, but apparently mine was of the most concern as I barely hit “send” to email him the grades when I got a reply back. Is it right to try and make the class average a C+? Why do I look bad if my class did well? Granted, there’s room for improvement in my teaching abilities, but I instilled the fear of God in them for their lab final, and I think the grades show that they took it seriously. At least, that’s what I’m going to tell him.

I can’t believe I’ve been looking foward to this day for so long, simply because there is absolutely no schedule today! No classes to attend or teach, no presentations to give, no people to see. This is most wonderful because I can spend the entire day writing and drinking coffee and tea. I know you may not think this sounds like bliss, but right now, with Saturday and Sunday on the horizon, I cannot think of anything better. Three days of peace, three papers to write.

Nothing like a little caffine to start off the day…but $1.25 for a pepsi is a little much!

I made some banana bread last night. It’s a little burnt on the top, but still gives me that nice homey feeling. I was going to hoard it all to myself, but decided to give some to a friend whose been stressed out even more than me lately. I hope she’s not allergic to nuts.

Yesterday I cleaned up my apartment, did laundry and baked. All of the ingredients needed for procrastination, and I think I whipped up a great batch of it!!

Off to school…

I turned in my China paper last night and my book review this morning. I now have (only) one small and one huge paper left to write!! It’s a little scarry to send off my writing to be judged, having cradled it so closely for the past few weeks. I am overall very happy though.

Speaking of being judged, my classes will be filling out reviews this week. SCCCAARRRRYYY! I know I have some major room for improvement, but I just hope I don’t get any comments about looking like I was born in a test tube, like one of my friends did. Ouch. He has the good humor to put it into perspective. I would probably have stayed in bed for a week, refusing to interact with anyone ever again.

I am trying to cajole the other grads into a friendly game of basketball this Friday. It’s funny that most of them are concerned about bad ankles, knees and backs. Based on the response, I think I’m going to have a hard time finding an indoor soccer team next semester!