Blog posting are at "Google time" -- i.e., Pacific (left) coast time. I am on the right coast, where the clock shows three hours later.

My daily routine

7AM Coffee
7- 9 Serious/formal/real WRITING
9:30-10:30 Walk on beach
11-12 Errands or WCOB Adminsitrivia
12:30-1:30 Lunch on balcony
2-5 Professional reading sitting on beach
5:30-6 Swim laps in pool
6:30-8 Prepare and enjoy dinner, use new cookbook
8:30 -> Pleasure reading, mindless tasks.
Awaiting your comments!

Woman on sabbatical

1284 miles and 21.01 hours of driving time from Roncalli Hall!

I'm out of here!

I've given all (most) of my monkeys to others for care and feeding, tidied my office, and refreshed my "out-of-office" email message. What more do I need to do?

Now I remember, clean the house, pack my clothes, and squeeze all my books into the car. Tomorrow is another day!

Keep checking back for the beach photo!

Cognitive dissonance

I did do some research today -- I read a relevant article in today's New York Times! And all my work writing task lists and directions is (well, may be) related to a sabbatical's intent to return refreshed to the minutae of everyday work on one's return.

Egads! Am I thinking about returning already?

Despair!

Saturday -- and I still feel overwhelmed by adminsitrivia! Clearly I have not been following the 5-S philosophy: Sieri - sorting out, Seiton - systematic arrangement, Seiso - spic and span, Seiketu - standardizing, Shitsuke -sustain.

My sabbatical

I'm telling myself that beacuse most faculty don't think of the semester as actually starting until students begin classes, then I shouldn'd worry if I still have a few tasks hanging over from last semester. But undergraduate classes begin next week -- so I better be ready to disappear then! Only this blog will let colleagues know what I am doing. We'll see ...