Ah, Monday, you’ve certainly made me your bitch. I have six people signed up for advising appointments today … and I still have a pile of grading to get through. Maybe it’s a good thing that I have to keep my department open until 6 p.m. today? Let’s just hope the traffic slows down after 4:30, shall we?
Of course, right now, I’m hiding in my office with a warm cuppa chai and a piece of pumpkin bread, thinking about all the other stuff I have to do this week. You know, the pesky stuff I’m talking about – prepping classes, grading homework, grading those midterms. Oh, and I should probably start working on our candidates for Honors’ Day. And then there’s that darned schedule to put together.
Now, you might be thinking that I could have worked on these things over the weekend. I did have every intention of grading those papers on Sunday. I even carted them home. Sadly, eleven hours of my Sunday went to curriculum subcommittee work. You know those course petitions I had to read, all sixty of them? The ones that we had to turn around in less than a week? Granted I did go to the laundromat to wash my blankets, but I got through eight petitions while watching my laundry spin around in the dryer. Oh, and I did go to Panera for lunch, but I got through another eight petitions while slurping on my French onion soup. And, I’ll admit to making a Barnes and Noble run, but after buying my Christmas cards, I did plow through another 15 proposals while drinking chai in the cafe.
Just remember, Monday, I’ll get you back. There will come a time — this summer perhaps? — when I spent all Monday in bed, curled up with an assortment of critters, reading trashy novels, and eating bon-bons. Okay, maybe I won’t eat the bon-bons (what the hell is a bon-bon anyways), but I’ll be relaxed and calm and free from the piles of work that seem to have accumulated on my desk.
Until then, I’ll eek through.
