I don’t teach on Tuesdays, so my Thanksgiving Day break should have started today. Notice the *should* in that sentence, then note that I am already in my office. Yes, some upper administrator has scheduled a meeting for this afternoon and my presence (as a low-level administrator) is required. I just know that it is going to be one of those meetings where someone is going to dump what can only be characterized as a shit-ton of work on me. Sadly, I tried to circumvent this without much success; my deanly overlord called me a “cynic” and told me that I needed to “look for opportunity in unusual places.”
Let’s hope he’s right because I’m not sure I add another ball to my juggling act.
Honestly, I am trying not to jump to conclusions before the meeting starts. I really don’t have complete information about this new project. It’s rather like being in the fog of war – not the movie, but the concept. How can a person make the right decisions without having full information? Of course, I have based my oh-so-cynical attitude on past history and history is usually a pretty decent predictor of the future.
Maybe I am just feeling bitchy because I have a massive headache, a pile of work on my desk, and in-laws arrive in less than 12 hours? Ugh.
I’m going with a huge research project requiring lots of coding.