End of Summer

There are less than two weeks left before we start our planning meetings, with classes beginning the Tuesday after that.  Summer is ending for me.

All my summers involve frustration that I don't get as much done as I hoped.  This summer I think was the worst.  I think I made a sustained effort daily without much traction.  Staffing appears to be set.  I am not ready for my classes.  I am now working on a zero-th draft of a paper.  There are many departmental issues yet to be resolved.

Next summer I won't be department chair, so my load will be lightened.  Seeing that coming is diminishing my enthusiasm for the chair tasks at hand.  Senioritis of a form I guess.

Staffing

I've made an offer that's been accepted by what I believe is my last hire for the Fall adjunct staffing.  Afterward I had a burst of energy about follow-up details.  Then someone pulled the plug on my brain and I struggled for over an hour not to fall asleep.  I think I would have felt better napping for an hour---being more in control of the situation I guess.

There are many possible pitfalls remaining that I would prefer not to dwell upon.  For right now I am glad that it is over.