Life is comprised–at the moment–of job search stuff, teaching prep, occasional dashes at dissertation work, final garden clean-up, and, of course, Katherine play. So you won’t hear much from us until that scene changes.
But on Thursday we’re going to be making an expedition to Montreal, where I’ll give a paper and attend a conference in a downtown hotel, dashing upstairs to my room every few hours to see how Katherine and Sydney are faring. Now that the initial job materials have been sent out (with a few things lagging behind) I’m getting excited about this conference–and nervous. I realized that pretty much everyone I know in the field and nearly all of my advisors will be there. I want to make sure I deliver well in case my advisors–who just wrote me letters of recommendation–or potential employers show up to my panel. On the other hand, I’m excited to sit in on papers from professors I haven’t seen since college and be surrounded by people who know my area of specialty better than I do. Let’s hope Katherine lets me get enough sleep to take advantage of the opportunity.
Erin
Alan Schmierer