Peer Review

I am supposed to do a peer review assignment for a class I'm taking on how to make my classes better. So a pal and I met at the Starbuck's to do the peer review. We both thought each other's class was fabulous.

Anything wrong with this method? smile.

Smile

Sometimes I get really stressed about stuff - like $$ and war and stuff. Then I look over at this cute face and figure, seriously, how bad can it possibly be?

Big Day

Today was awesome for me. I sat with my daughter in my lap as we watched the inauguration. She cheered for Aretha Franklin's stirring rendition of My Country Tis of Thee (mostly because she likes music). I cried when President Obama gave his address. I thought it was in the tradition of Lincoln's 2nd inaugural - not a victory speech, but a speech given by a leader to take us out of hard times. It was very special for me to share this with the Princess. And I thought, the first president elected while I was alive was Carter (blech) and how lucky for her that she gets to have Obama for her first. Very cool.

Then she ran around the house saying "Obammma!" Which made me cry again.

Cool Day Today

I liked that today was MLK Jr day and that tomorrow Barack Obama will become president. I hear all my conservative friends complaining about what they call the "coronation." And all I have to say is - too damn bad. Maybe if you ran someone with some soul, you could have a coronation.

Go Obama!!

Still Sick

Here I am at work - grading and getting my office ready for a semester of scholarship.

Tangent alert - when I started my literature review for my dissertation, I spent 2 weeks organizing my home office. I cannot actually do any research until the fung shui is right in the place where I do research. I am decluttered now and I believe that my little ivory tower is ready for me to write and research and think and generally be brilliant.

Now that I am ready - the scholarship starts Monday (or Tuesday since Monday is a holiday and seriously I need a holiday (???) - and I have a map (plan) for how to get a bunch done this semester. Pretty cool!

But I am still sick - head is hazy and student queries are in a fog. I told one student today, I said send me an email about what we just talked about because I promise I will forget. And now I can't remember who it was or what and the student hasn't sent an email yet. Oh - and - I FORGOT the vice president elect's name yesterday. Clearly I need this cold to be gone.

My Poor Little Nose

I woke up with a horrible cold today - in fact I went to bed with it last night and today it decided to stay - and while I am battling it with tissues and orange juice and hot tea, I think it is winning. I'll survive, but maybe I won't travel for a while.

Whirlwind Weekend

Just got home from a whirlwind weekend in Long Island. My brother in law lives on Long Island with his lovely family. It was fun. They have this great house which is painted in these deep bold colors and I am all full of ideas for how to update my downstairs in my house. And it was fun to meet our new nephew. I also got to see my stepbrother - which was nice as it has been over a year since I saw him last. But I'm exhausted, launched into a long day interviewing secretaries yesterday and a long day of teaching today (I'm on campus from 830am until 8pm). Thus, I will have something pithy tomorrow on my blog post.

Oh and - my Princess is missing her Numismatist.

Go Cats

The family and I joined a couple of friends for a basketball game tonight. The Cats were down the whole time. Our two friends left early because the game was "over" - but you see, unless you are rushing to some major event you should ALWAYS stay until the end of the game. Down by 7 with 46 seconds to go, WSU came back and tied it and then won in overtime. It was exciting. It was fun. Lily yelled the whole time.

I love sports.