So this next week or two is looking to be busy. Good thing my energy is back to at least 75% normal capacity! This weekend:
1) is the twice-annual library booksale, meaning that Sydney and I hope to be at the sale to stand in line by 6ish on Saturday morning so that we can endure a quick crush of people and dizzying bookshelves to claim what we hope is a lion’s share of the interesting stuff at the sale.
2) Sydney will be attending a conference at school that will give him something to keep himself busy just after the booksale morning (and challenge his ability to sit through long lectures after a sleep shortage . . . )
3) Sydney and I are setting up for church, so that will mean an early morning on Sunday as well as Saturday. Oh yes, and I’ll be leading the worship on Sunday, so I’ll need to figure out how to have a voice (and a soprano one at that) after two unbearably early mornings . . . after fighting a cold all week.
4) We may be hosting Sydney’s parents if they’re able to drive down for a brief visit and a look at Ithaca. Given that they’ve got a farm to run, we don’t know whether we’ll see them, but we’ll hope for it!
And by the following weekend:
1) I’ll have submitted a paper (that I need to write between now and then) for a department workshop. Though excited about the project (and really revved up about all of the reading I’ve been doing for it), I’m wondering how much of a dissertation chapter I’ll be able to produce in that time to make sure it’s a useful experience for me.
2) we’ll pick up Nelson from the airport so that he can spend much of the rest of October with us. I think Sydney’s already planning on hauling him off for some manly camping in the Adirondacks (which I’m sure he needs after doing pregnancy-camping with me!).
Oh yes, and Sydney and I have both been needing something like 12 hours of sleep each day for the past three months, so we have very short days in which to take care of all of these things. Oh well!
Erin
Alan Schmierer