Today was better. Before I left last night, I had left a message for Bruce about a couple of fixes I wanted to make: I know he thinks I'm being ridiculous to keep checking with him, wants me to take more initiative--and I will, as I get to know the system better. Indeed, I did today--and solutions are opening up. Kathy, the main administrative assistant in the office, was very helpful today: she's done this for millennia, so she was able to tell me what kinds of solutions might be possible, and in fact she just presented me with a few more. I did talk to Bruce, too. Right now our two main concerns are the full-time schedules that are in jeopardy because of low enrollment in composition classes (not even electives: this is the weirdest semester ) and the high seniority adjuncts who have classes in danger of cancellation as well. We have to be sure that the people with the highest seniority get sections that run; I'll be interested to go through that particular juggling act with Bruce to see what we can and cannot do.
I'm still chipping away at my own stuff, too, and every time I turn something over I think of another little task to tie off. Of course, I'm also forgetting them as fast as I'm finding them, but that's largely because none of them are vitally urgent at this red-hot moment. When it gets closer to time when it's important that the task is completed, I'll remember--with luck before it bites me in the ass.
But now I'm going to get out of here. I'm going to take myself out for a leisurely dinner, read my book, and relax until time for dance class. And I found out that the office will be closed on Friday, as part of the holiday weekend: that's a relief right there. It's all pretty much OK. Life is good.
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