Not Enough Sleep

I had hoped that stepping down as chair would ease up on my workload on weeknights and weekends, but so far it hasn't.  I'm still doing a lot of grading and class preparations out of the office.

I have been trying to catch up on the deferred parenting, going at least once a week to get my daughter from her volleyball games, driving my son to scouting stuff.  That seems to be switching out the work hours.

I still am not at a point in my academic life where I can take a weekend off.

Third Week

We're in our third week of classes.  I've started singing in our university no-audition singing group, and between that and commitments to our kids in the afternoon my schedule feels crowded;  I've been spending late nights on grading again.

Not quite sure how to adjust this for the Spring;  I'll need to make time to figure out how.

First Week of Classes

I've met all my classes more than once by now.  One of the sections is huge;  I don't have a good sense for them yet, other than their demeanor being friendly until Friday and then losing their attention.  The others all seem eager to please.  One class is all freshmen, so that isn't a big surprise.

Not much grading yet, but I still feel behind for no particular reason.  Maybe I always feel behind and that's what pushes me to prepare as much as I do.  There's something for further reflection.