Sat 8 Nov, 2008
It is time for me to make a major change in my life. I have accepted a new position in Boston. I will finish my current job at the end of November and take the December to pack up and spend the holidays with my family. I’m very, very excited about this change.
Mon 27 Aug, 2007
I just turned my last large project over to the client for review. I’m doing a happy dance in my cubicle. People are looking at me like I’m mad. But I don’t care. I’m free! I’m free!
Except for the projects that came up while I worked on these. But those don’t count at this moment.
Sat 18 Aug, 2007
Even though I’m on a 12-month contract, summers in the academic world used to be less intense than the rest of the year. Faculty left campus along with the students. Committees took a hiatus. I could focus on large-scale projects AND have time to learn new skills. Like the fabled days of childhood summers, the summer of the laid back academic summer are also a thing of the past (and maybe of myth).
My summer has been busy, but I think it officially ended about mid-July. At that point, I found myself working a little longer in the evenings or doing some work on the weekends because people began focusing on updating their web sites for the fall semester. I took last weekend off because my brain was exhausted. I’m chugging through this weekend. And this will be the last weekend I will allow myself to work for the foreseeable future. What has changed? Two things. The beginning of the semester allows focus to shift back to the business of instructing students, helping freshmen adjust, etc. But, I’m also re-evaluating my project management processes. I have not be allowing for inescapable incidentals. such as the time-suck committee-related projects can become.
Did I mention classes start on Monday? Summer is over. Finished. I wasn’t ready for it to end yet.