A little less than nine months ago I picked up the 2012-13 academic year. As of 9:30pm last night, I set it down. Grades submitted, meetings attended, some socializing with colleagues enjoyed, it is now officially summer break.
I'm often amazed at the speed with which I can go from one thing to the next. In the blink of an eye, all the concerns and worries, frets and frustrations of the job just simply evaporate. What got done, got done. What didn't, didn't. And that's all there is to say about it.
And even that's too much to say, because to tell the truth, I'm already thinking about a day in the yard and garden, and the birds are singing and the sun is breaking over the treetops and the air is warm and the breeze is calm (and no trace of classes and discussions and meetings and grading remains).
Ah!
I'm often amazed at the speed with which I can go from one thing to the next. In the blink of an eye, all the concerns and worries, frets and frustrations of the job just simply evaporate. What got done, got done. What didn't, didn't. And that's all there is to say about it.
And even that's too much to say, because to tell the truth, I'm already thinking about a day in the yard and garden, and the birds are singing and the sun is breaking over the treetops and the air is warm and the breeze is calm (and no trace of classes and discussions and meetings and grading remains).
Ah!
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