Another Week Survived

Whew, I made it through another week of Biochem and it seemed to go pretty well. The main difficulty is finding enough hours in a day. It takes a lot of work to prepare 3 hour lectures in a class that's not my specialty. This week I was able to concentrate on Biochem since I'm on break at Lansing until June. I give the first exam on Monday so this weekend's challenge is to write a good multiple choice exam. Wish me luck.

In non-work activities, I had fittings for both of my bridesmaid dresses. My sister and I went to a family friend on Monday to see about having the dresses altered for my brother's wedding. I'm afriad it will be a lot of work for her, but I'm sure the dresses will turn out fine. On Wednesday I went to the bridal shop to be fitted by an actual seamstress for Bill's sister's wedding. That one's going to cost me $55 to take in the top and hem the skirt. I can't help but think I could do it cheaper myself, but I don't want to risk upsetting anyone with a less than perfect result. You know the real bummer about this dress stuff? It should be my mom doing the alterations for me. She would have done a great job without the need to ask for favors or pay big bucks.

But just when I might start feeling sorry for myself, I end up feeling sorry for someone else instead. A friend of mine from Iowa miscarried during the second trimester after trying for years to get pregnant. I feel terrible for her.

But just when I'm feeling bad, I'm reminded for some of life's best gifts. Bill and I reached the milestone of eight years of marriage on Tuesday. We celebrated today with our first dinner-and-a-movie date in a very long time. Spiderman 3 was well worth watching, though not as good as the first two, and the Japanese steakhouse was wonderful. We brought home a Wenday's frosty to share with Bridget ad it was a good way to finish up a fun day.

Still Breathing

I made it through the week, but I'm not sure I'm much further ahead than I was then. I survived my second biochem lecture on Wednesday. I was underprepared and I knew it, but I managed to stretch what I had to fill the time so I don't think my students noticed. My interactions with them after the lecture were positive. Too bad there's no hope of my learning all their names. I know two students by name and I just found out that one of them will be dropped for failure to complete the prerequisites. Bummer.

Yesterday was my last class at LCC for the semester. I spent today grading and entering most of my final grades. I have to wait until Sunday for one student doing a rewrite on a paper that pushed the border of plagarism too much for my comfort. I also got to have a conversation with a student who had pushed past that border. I'm pretty sure that she actually thought it was OK. I think I've convinced her otherwise.

Now that LCC is pretty much wrapped up, I'll get to work on Biochem this evening. There are some other definate events this weekend (a barbecue with friends from LCC and a nice mother's day dinner) and a couple that I don't think I'll get to (making arrangements for alterations on a pair of bridesmaid dresses for example).

I should either get to work on biochem or engage with my much neglected family. I think I'll go for the latter.

Slow Deep Breaths

Thank goodness for office hours. I have to be here but I have no student so I can finally breathe. It's been crazy. I think I could handle two classes on the same schedule, but trying to start up one while wrapping up the other is likely to be the death of me. Prepping two 3 hours lectures a week is very time consuming and giving them is exhausting. I'm not sure I did a very good job, but maybe I can do better on Wednesday. If only there was more time to prepare. I spend all day tomorrow at LCC giving them the lecture that would have been given today if I wasn't in Detroit. Add to that the fact that I'm still not officially in wayne state's system (no email, no access to course website, no class list, building access, etc) and two brides-to-be who are, as perhaps brides should be, more concerned about thier planning than my sanity. Yes, I'm very tired.

Office hours are over and I don't have time to waste. I'll check in again later. Hopefully I'll get over to the sanctum too. I haven't check any blogs for days!