Nosy Universities

So I thought to myself, I have a free half hour, what should I do with it? I decided to write you all, partly because I have not written in awhile and partly because I am flying home this weekend and if my plan crashes I want you all to remember my last words as witty and clever.

On the news front, Jeff and I have painted our bathroom and kitchen and even though we are only renting the place, it has made me so much happier. The bathroom had this horrible wallpaper (Rho says that it looks like the same paper that is in hospital bathrooms!). It is now a pretty mint green, and I have nicknamed it my spa. I will post pictures as soon as I actually get motivated. We did the kitchen in a Tuscan yellow and I am really liking it, although since I am not the one who usually hangs in the kitchen, my opinion doesn’t matter too much.

Even more exciting I have sent off a chapter! I am determined to have this damn thing drafted by the end of October if it kills me! And it may. This full time job and writing thing is hard! But I really want to walk with everyone in December, so wish me luck. Oh and as for diss proposals, I did 7 drafts! So if anyone would like mine let me know and I will email.

My funny story though has to do with my nosy University! We have to write these annual plans, saying what we would like to do in the next year. Most of it was normal, like what are your professional/scholarly goals, what are your teaching goals? Then there is a space for personal goals. I was stumped, what the hell do they want to know? That I need to lose 20 pounds, get a tooth looked at and finish painting my kitchen? I felt like writing “this is none of your beeswax” but I did not. I heard that one of the tenured professors writes that he hopes to have more sex. After hearing that I wanted to write that I would like to get late morning classes so I can explore morning nookie, but I restrained myself.