Spring Break Week, The Finale...

OK, well I managed to pull myself together sufficiently such that Spring Break week wasn't a total wash in terms of productivity...I do have all of this week's lectures planned out, and since I find that preparing lectures is what I spend most of my at-work time doing, this coming week should be productive in terms of other things...Maybe...

R is away this weekend at family event, so I have been flying solo. I took her to the airport at 4:30 AM on Saturday so she could catch her flight out. Of all the great things about Boston, the airport and getting to it are not among them. There really is no consistent route to take, due to the massive road construction that is constantly going on. We figured we'd leave by 4:30 to get her to her 5:30 flight. I mean, it can't take any longer than about 15-20 minutes to get to the airport at 4:30 AM on a Saturday, right?

She wasn't checking any bags, and already had her boarding pass printed out, and it's a good thing, b/c we didn't even get to the airport until a few minutes after 5...cutting it close...I find I don't respond well to lateness and missing transportation deadlines, so I publicly apologize if I caused my wife any undue stress in getting her out of town...

One of my new year's resolutions this year was to try and be a calmer, more rational, less volatile person. After 2 months I can safely say that I have failed miserably at that resolution. I am as high-strung and angst-ridden as ever. I really think it is just my personality at this point, b/c even though I want to do better, I always seem to revert to type.

In any case, about the only new year's resolution I managed to keep this year (hey one is better than none) is the one where I decided to get healthier and drop some weight. After 8 weeks, I can happily say that I've dropped 20+ pounds, and I can once again button my jeans without inhaling deeply. Now, only another 40 pounds to go before those nutcase doctors think my BMI is in the right range for someone my height. In the immortal words of Eric Cartman, "I'm not fat, I'm just big-boned". Amen, Cartman, Amen.

Spring Break Week, Revisted...

OK, the one thing that Spring Break Week has taught me (that I sort of already knew) is that I am inherently lazy.

I had all of these plans to stay at home and get lots and lots of work done, but thus far, I have accomplished the following:

1.) Sleeping

2.) Watching TiVo-ed Star Trek and West Wing Episodes

3.) Laundry

4.) Did I mention sleeping?

Notice how work-related activities are conspicuously absent from that list of items...

My main difficulty here I believe is that I just don't like my job all that much, and therefore I find it difficult to be motivated to do the work that is required for it...

Also, there are typically little to no consequences for me not doing things...I check in with no one, no one cares if i show up or not, blah blah blah...Some people would find that liberating I guess, but I have always been one for more structure...

Anyway, I still have some time this afternoon to try and salvage the work-week...We'll see what happens...