Wednesday
Busy day, busy day...and it's not over yet.
I started the day off with a visit to the library to get the key to my study carrel. I really feel like a doctoral candidate now--I have my own little piece of library real estate and can begin checking out books and journals to my carrel at will.
Once the first blush of carrel acquisition faded, I returned to my teaching life and graded the first round of journal assignments. I only have 11 students in my class this semester, so it wasn't a huge project and I had them ready to return during class.
After class, I had lunch in the office with Jennifer, my first office mate from UGA. She was waiting for the results from her writtens (she passed!) and we chatted about life and grad school. Later, I went to class.
Yes, you read that right. I went to class. I'm taking a class.
It's actually a dissertation device. The class is an open workshop for humanities computing grad students where everyone works on their own project. Since I'm going to be doing pedagogical research involving the department markup program, EMMA, this is the ideal place for me to set up my data formatting and collection. Wahoo! I've already got over 400 data files to mine since my spring lit classes were all marking poetic texts as part of their journaling. If I geek out with the XML & Ruby speak over the next 2 years...well, get over it! :-)
After class I had a mission to accomplish. When I moved to Watkinsville, I left behind many of the comforts of city life, not the least of which is garbage collection. I could, for a monthly fee of about $15, have my trash collected. But I figured, why bother when I can bring my garbage to the county recycling center that is literally around the corner for the measly price of $1 or so a bag. The only problem is that the county approved bags didn't fit into my garbage can (too narrow), so I had to find a new one. Target failed me, but Wal-Mart had the goods--a narrow, stainless steel can with a foot pedal and removable plastic liner. Life is good indeed.
And so I leave you all to unpack my new garbage can and knit my way through some late night television. The Pippi #2 is moving right along--I'm past the calf decreases and heading toward the heel. I will be so happy when these are done.
Have a great night and knit something fabulous!