OK. It's time...
...to get off my ass and do something constructive.
Extended vacations are never a good thing for me. Why? I don't know what to do with myself half of the time. Usually, my longest break is the Christmas/winter break of four weeks. Then, I spend two weeks recuperating from the hells of the semester and then the rest of the time prepping for the spring semester. This time around is not so easy.
You see, I was supposed to teach the entire summer. Supposed to. As I mentioned in my last post, enrollment is down everywhere. I think it has to do with the terms of financial aid changing or some other BS thing. Anywho, my first summer class was cancelled due to low enrollment. I knew it was going to happen but was rather surprised when the Dickmeister let the exact same class held after mine run with only one more student than what I had. We have a minimum at Rich Kids' College for a class to run. Trust me. Neither class was even close. I think he knew one class had to run so out of spite he cancelled mine and let the other run even though mine was at a more ideal time. You think I'm being paranoid about this, but if you knew this guy you wouldn't put this past him either. There is a reason why I call him the Dickmeister.
This means I have half of the summer off and right now I'm bored beyond compare. Yes, I have plenty of things to do. I just can't get my ass in gear to do any of them. The only thing I've really done is played a ridiculous amount of Guild Wars 2 where I started a character from scratch at the start of this forced vacation and am already up to level 52. Even Bear is getting on my case that I need to do something.
I think part of it is that I'm overwhelmed. There's too much to do. Lessons to prep, house to clean, office to reorganize, applying to grad schools (that's a later post). I am just not sure where to start. To be honest, the lessons should take priority since I technically do have a class at Rural College in the second half of the summer but even that has really low enrollment right now. I'd hate to do all that work and then *poof* the class is cancelled. I did speak to Hippie Chick about it yesterday and she told me not to worry. She ran classes with low numbers this half so we'll see.
My office, though, should be the priority. It's a disaster zone. It has always been incredibly cluttered since we moved in to this house. The problem was that I had too much shit and not enough space for everything. While it's a decent sized room--it's the spare bedroom--it is not only my office but my craft area as well. Throw in about twenty boxes of crafting supplies and there is barely any room to move. Slowly I've been going through everything. I've already emptied out three huge boxes. Most of the stuff went into the garbage unfortunately. Yes, I know I could donate the stuff or FreeCycle it but I'm at a point now where it needs to be out ASAP or I'll never get rid of it.
Also, I need to clean out my office so our two new kitties can have free reign in here instead of the cramped guest bathroom. Yes, we got not one but two new kittens. Japanese Bobtails to be exact. After Loki's passing we thought about not getting another cat. To be honest, eleven was enough. However, Bear was really hit hard as Loki was his buddy. I remembered back to when we had Kukai, another Japanese Bobtail, and he was Bear's "little buddy" as well. He would sleep on Bear's chest when he sat back in his chair and would always hang around him. However, finding JBT breeders is not an easy thing as it's an uncommon breed in the U.S. We found one though but it meant that they had to be shipped. I was a nervous wreck about the whole thing but they made it here safely. Remind me later and I'll tell you about the nightmare of getting the boys.
Here they are:
Extended vacations are never a good thing for me. Why? I don't know what to do with myself half of the time. Usually, my longest break is the Christmas/winter break of four weeks. Then, I spend two weeks recuperating from the hells of the semester and then the rest of the time prepping for the spring semester. This time around is not so easy.
You see, I was supposed to teach the entire summer. Supposed to. As I mentioned in my last post, enrollment is down everywhere. I think it has to do with the terms of financial aid changing or some other BS thing. Anywho, my first summer class was cancelled due to low enrollment. I knew it was going to happen but was rather surprised when the Dickmeister let the exact same class held after mine run with only one more student than what I had. We have a minimum at Rich Kids' College for a class to run. Trust me. Neither class was even close. I think he knew one class had to run so out of spite he cancelled mine and let the other run even though mine was at a more ideal time. You think I'm being paranoid about this, but if you knew this guy you wouldn't put this past him either. There is a reason why I call him the Dickmeister.
This means I have half of the summer off and right now I'm bored beyond compare. Yes, I have plenty of things to do. I just can't get my ass in gear to do any of them. The only thing I've really done is played a ridiculous amount of Guild Wars 2 where I started a character from scratch at the start of this forced vacation and am already up to level 52. Even Bear is getting on my case that I need to do something.
I think part of it is that I'm overwhelmed. There's too much to do. Lessons to prep, house to clean, office to reorganize, applying to grad schools (that's a later post). I am just not sure where to start. To be honest, the lessons should take priority since I technically do have a class at Rural College in the second half of the summer but even that has really low enrollment right now. I'd hate to do all that work and then *poof* the class is cancelled. I did speak to Hippie Chick about it yesterday and she told me not to worry. She ran classes with low numbers this half so we'll see.
My office, though, should be the priority. It's a disaster zone. It has always been incredibly cluttered since we moved in to this house. The problem was that I had too much shit and not enough space for everything. While it's a decent sized room--it's the spare bedroom--it is not only my office but my craft area as well. Throw in about twenty boxes of crafting supplies and there is barely any room to move. Slowly I've been going through everything. I've already emptied out three huge boxes. Most of the stuff went into the garbage unfortunately. Yes, I know I could donate the stuff or FreeCycle it but I'm at a point now where it needs to be out ASAP or I'll never get rid of it.
Also, I need to clean out my office so our two new kitties can have free reign in here instead of the cramped guest bathroom. Yes, we got not one but two new kittens. Japanese Bobtails to be exact. After Loki's passing we thought about not getting another cat. To be honest, eleven was enough. However, Bear was really hit hard as Loki was his buddy. I remembered back to when we had Kukai, another Japanese Bobtail, and he was Bear's "little buddy" as well. He would sleep on Bear's chest when he sat back in his chair and would always hang around him. However, finding JBT breeders is not an easy thing as it's an uncommon breed in the U.S. We found one though but it meant that they had to be shipped. I was a nervous wreck about the whole thing but they made it here safely. Remind me later and I'll tell you about the nightmare of getting the boys.
Here they are:
Mr. Meowgi
(b. 1/3/13)
Nobu
(b. 2/22/13)
Bear chose Mr. Meowgi's name from one of his "Let's Play" video people who has a cat of the same name. I chose Nobu's name as I wanted something Japanese as he is a JBT--nobu means "faith" in Japanese.
The reason why we have to keep them separated from the other kitties is a bad case of worms. It's a two week long treatment--the vet said they were not contagious after three days but I didn't want to take any chances--so we have to keep them isolated. The master bedroom is out as that is Pookie's domain and as though we try very hard, we can't get her out of there. As our house is open plan, the only other way we can isolate them is in my office, which isn't kitten proof yet. I'll be working on it today so hopefully we can get the boys moved in there either tonight or tomorrow. While they are very tiny--both under 3.5lbs--they are going nuts in the guest bathroom. JBTs are very active cats. They definitely need more space.
Well, I think I've blathered on enough. I'll try to post more as the muse hits. As I said, things have been boring and I doubt you would want to hear about me power-leveling in Guild Wars. :)
Comments
Welcome to Mr. Meowgi and Nobu! Aren't they just so precious. Smooches to them!
As for feeling overwhelmed--frankly, sometimes the thought of routine stuff is overwhelming to me. It's better not to think about your to-do list. Truly. And go in with the attitude that you'll do one thing...not everything at once. Did I mention not to think of the bigger picture? LOL.
Your kitten-tots are adorable! i would love to have a baby in the house but the 13 that are here would prolly have something to pee about that...
Greta Graduate. Greta is a spoiled Princess who believes that because she is young and pretty, it matters little that she is a mean, gossipy witch who inflicts casual cruelties upon those unlucky classmates she deems too unattractive or uncool to bother to treat as fellow human beings. If there's justice in the world, Greta will be laid low by a geeky, acne-ridden college roommate who plants heroin in her dresser and turns her in as a campus drug dealer."
And so on down the list. Perhaps I will consider actually doing something like this when I *DO* retire and go out in a blaze of glory.
I don't suppose they'd let me get though the whole list though. Pity.