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Jul. 27th, 2012 12:42 pmWell, damn. I found out today that one of the P&R committee members, who had had a massive heart attack in the spring, died of it last month. He was only 51. I did the paperwork to promote him to Professor several years ago.
Two more weeks until vacation. Two more work days until my partner in crime comes back. At which point I get to hand him back the log book for the promotions questions phone line, which is probably my least favorite ongoing thing about this particular job. There are periodic unfavorite things, but I've never liked checking the promotions questions phone line and one or the other of us always has to be doing it. And then, the week after next, I get to hand off everything else for two weeks. I really desperately need to do that.
All that aside, however, today is Friday, and I'm definitely in favor of Friday. I'd be in favor of less humidity when I'm trying to sleep, but since arguing with the weather has never gotten me anywhere, I don't expect it to start now. (But I do sort of miss my full-size summer weight sheets, which I can't replace because of the current extra-deep mattress.)
The window guys are almost done in here, but what isn't done apparently involves people walking in and out a lot. Which would be fine, except they also put plastic wrap on the floor to keep grunge out of the carpet. Every time somebody comes in or out, there's the walking-on-plastic noise. We've had the plastic for less than a week, so I can't tune it out yet. But it's Friday, and it's almost 1:00 on Friday, so I only have to put up with it for another four hours and a bit.
Two more weeks until vacation. Two more work days until my partner in crime comes back. At which point I get to hand him back the log book for the promotions questions phone line, which is probably my least favorite ongoing thing about this particular job. There are periodic unfavorite things, but I've never liked checking the promotions questions phone line and one or the other of us always has to be doing it. And then, the week after next, I get to hand off everything else for two weeks. I really desperately need to do that.
All that aside, however, today is Friday, and I'm definitely in favor of Friday. I'd be in favor of less humidity when I'm trying to sleep, but since arguing with the weather has never gotten me anywhere, I don't expect it to start now. (But I do sort of miss my full-size summer weight sheets, which I can't replace because of the current extra-deep mattress.)
The window guys are almost done in here, but what isn't done apparently involves people walking in and out a lot. Which would be fine, except they also put plastic wrap on the floor to keep grunge out of the carpet. Every time somebody comes in or out, there's the walking-on-plastic noise. We've had the plastic for less than a week, so I can't tune it out yet. But it's Friday, and it's almost 1:00 on Friday, so I only have to put up with it for another four hours and a bit.
