Friday, November 7, 2008

Why I haven't gotten much sleep this week

  • Prepared lecture for one class; two lectures for another.
  • Skimmed 5 papers for a class in preparation for a "norming" meeting.
  • Scheduled twelve 15-minute conferences with students. In preparation, had to comment on revisions.
  • Prepared outline of presentation for Nov. 22 conference.
  • Perused and checked references of two papers for nationwide HS science competition. Judging starts today.
  • Waited 30-minutes to vote for Obama.
All this didn't leave much room for celebrating my birthday on Wednesday, but Igor was thoughtful enough to purchase my favorite cake (Napoleon) from the Russian store. But I did squeeze in two swims, the first time in weeks.