I have less than 2 weeks until the Citizenship conference, and the paper I hoped to have in rough draft form by now is really a loosely-organized collection of notes. I think, if I quit sleeping and eating, I can probably manage to get that paper done AND get all my grading done before April 1st.
I also spent a couple hours the other day going through my Arab Spring chapter and making changes to it. I think, other than it completely lacking a section explaining its relevance to my field, that it's actually pretty solid. I want to type up the changes and send it to my mentor so she can look at it, but haven't had the time yet. Every moment I've spent at the office is either in a meeting, in the classroom, preparing to be in the classroom, or grading.
I know that if it comes down to the wire, I can always just gracefully bow out of the citizenship conference. I'd rather not, though. I like this project, and I need to be able to say I'm working on something new. Besides, even if I'm not frantically working on THAT document, I'm going to have to be frantically working on something.
ALSO ON TAP
- Look into ATTW conference for next year and see about going/presenting
- Buy a copy/procure a desk copy of a better business writing textbook
- Finalize plans for 311 class this Spring
- Get back on the "research hour" wagon and spend an hour a day with one of the books in my tall "to read soon" pile
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