Juggling...

Sadly, not literally...

Work these days has been pretty busy, and that juggling metaphor seems more & more true. I guess that's what it means to be on the tenure-track. It's actually a very good thing, because it makes the days fly by and it means that I have a lot to pick from when I'm trying to figure out what I want to do each day. There's some big stuff that's getting geared up this fall...I'm on a committee at the College-level, which appears to be pretty prestigious. I'm not sure how much about that I should say on the Interwebs, so I'll stop there. It's gonna be a big time commitment but will be great for building relationships with people in other departments. And I'm doing a women's leadership program that is a campus-wide thing. We're retreat-ing next month, so that should be interesting. And there's the small matter of being involved in five different research projects. (Or is it six? Give me a minute...Well, five big ones and one little grant....) And yesterday was the first day of class, so I got to see my students again. They just rock my socks. So smart and so funny--they are gonna be great doctors one day. AND, I'm designing a new course, so I've spent a bunch of time this week pulling together parts of a syllabus.

When I type it all out, I'm no longer confused about why I get tired by 5...

Oh! And I just got invited to be on a planning committee for a conference that will be out in San Francisco next year. (Gotta return that phone call tomorrow...)

But it's all good stuff. Makes every day different, yep, yep, yep!

Not much non-work stuff going on though. Cooking has been up & down this week--seared some lovely scallops last night, after doing a grilled veggie salad to start. That was an up. But will also admit to buying a rotisserie chicken the other night when I was too wiped out to cook. Oh! And I finally made a hamburger unsupervised! A small feat, I realize, but it turned out good (95% lean ground sirloin, into which I had added some onions & garlic that had been sauteed in olive oil). YUM.

Watched The Kite Runner, which was beautiful in that totally devastating kind of way. Lost track of how many times it made me cry. But good. I'm also caught up on Saving Grace, only to find out there's just one eppy left. GRRR. We did not get enough episodes!!! (I fear this is the aftermath of the writer's strike, perhaps?)

And now, I'm off to tidy up the house....a local friend is coming to stay for a night or two until the paint fumes are more manageable in her house. Slumber party!