This winter has really taken a toll on me. The snow, the cold, the extent of both. I'm functioning okay, but I'm certainly not at peak performance. My lack of postings is one of the results.
M. and I had an early January vacation in southern California. It was great. One entire week where the most we had to wear to keep warm was a sweater or light jacket. We heard others complaining about the cold, but it was like heaven to us. I thought that when we came back home, the worst of winter would be over and we could begin anticipating spring, which, despite the mud, makes me happy because the days are getting longer and the weather is getting warmer.
Ha! That week in January when we were away was just practice for the artic conditions in New England. That week in California is such a distant sensory memory even though it was just 6 weeks ago. At least the days are getting longer.
I have a lot of work to do. I agreed to give some cataloging workshops. Since I'm not teaching at Simmons SLIS-west this semester, I have more time and less money. I like giving CE classes. In, out, and no papers to grade. Of course, there are no relationships that build over the course of 12-14 weeks, but some of these people in CE programs I see 2 or 3 times.
I'm headed off for a chair Yoga class in a few minutes. After that, I have errands to run. When I get back home, I'll hunker down and get some serious planning done on those workshops. Now that I've put my intentions into print, I have to follow through.
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Monday, April 7, 2014
Where I am now
Well, obviously, it's not posting to this blog on a regular basis.
It's not that I don't think about posting, or that I don't have (what I think) are interesting posts, it's just that I haven't been motivated.
Let's face it, it was a rough winter. It was cold. There were lots of days when things were canceled due to snow. And did I mention it was cold? I wasn't motivated to do much of anything. Everything was an effort. And then I came down with a cold that lasted for nearly 3 weeks.
Fortunately, I have a somewhat regular schedule (when it's not disrupted by a snow cancelation) and even with my cold I worked on cleaning up the MassCat database, taught LIS415, and lead the senior exercise class. I also managed to do the laundry, cook dinner and vacuum the house, though not as often or as thoroughly as I would like.
There was also a mini-vacation in mid-January to New York City. We saw L'Elisir d'Amore at the Met Opera and took in a show at a fairly new supper club called 54 Below. Both were great fun.
I enjoy listening to the opera on Saturday afternoons, but during the academic year I am otherwise occupied (see LIS415 above). So for Christmas 2012, my thoughtful husband gave me a gift card to the Met Opera. Since the opera season is pretty much the same as the academic year, there's only a brief window of time to take advantage of a gift card and that happened in January 2014 just before the semester started.
Now it's April, the weather has warmed up, the days are getting longer and the semester is drawing to a close. I have great plans for the summer. Let's hope I can stay motivated.
It's not that I don't think about posting, or that I don't have (what I think) are interesting posts, it's just that I haven't been motivated.
Let's face it, it was a rough winter. It was cold. There were lots of days when things were canceled due to snow. And did I mention it was cold? I wasn't motivated to do much of anything. Everything was an effort. And then I came down with a cold that lasted for nearly 3 weeks.
Fortunately, I have a somewhat regular schedule (when it's not disrupted by a snow cancelation) and even with my cold I worked on cleaning up the MassCat database, taught LIS415, and lead the senior exercise class. I also managed to do the laundry, cook dinner and vacuum the house, though not as often or as thoroughly as I would like.
There was also a mini-vacation in mid-January to New York City. We saw L'Elisir d'Amore at the Met Opera and took in a show at a fairly new supper club called 54 Below. Both were great fun.
I enjoy listening to the opera on Saturday afternoons, but during the academic year I am otherwise occupied (see LIS415 above). So for Christmas 2012, my thoughtful husband gave me a gift card to the Met Opera. Since the opera season is pretty much the same as the academic year, there's only a brief window of time to take advantage of a gift card and that happened in January 2014 just before the semester started.
Now it's April, the weather has warmed up, the days are getting longer and the semester is drawing to a close. I have great plans for the summer. Let's hope I can stay motivated.
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