- Mondays
- Work from home
- Prep for my classes as teacher
- Read for my classes as student
- I really want to try to take a yoga class. I kind of need yoga or some sort of centering and physical activity in my life … or so says my sizable paunch and aching head that is only cured by caffeine.
- Tuesdays
- 7 am wake up
- 7:45 leave the house
- 8:30 arrive on campus and prep for Seminar class (agenda, attendance sheet, activities)
- 9:45-11:20 Teach
- 11:20-11:45 lunch
- 11:45 – 1pm Office hours in Oliver Hall and meet with students there
- 1-4:30
- Meetings on campus
- Prep for my Contemporary Poetry class as a student
- Rest (I actually bought a fold out cushion to do this in my office. Don’t judge me. It’s going to be that kind of semester when I don’t have much time to rest otherwise.
- 4:45 – 8pm Contemporary Poetry class
- 8:15-9 Drive home
- 9 late dinner with Matteo
- 10 – 12 work on writing for my thesis and my Writing Workshop class (student)
- Wednesdays
- Work from home to prep for Writing Workshop and my Teaching and Learning I class
- Grading, agenda, etc.
- 12-3:45 Meetings generally; On occasion, I imagine that there will be some department meetings here
- 3:45 Buy a salad to eat during class
- 4-7:15 Writing Workshop
- Sometimes there are readings. Sometimes I’ll try to go to the gym. Sometimes I’ll just go home.
- Home by 9pm
- 9 Late dinner with Matte
- 10-12 work on writing for my thesis and prep for my Teaching and Learning I class
- Thursdays
- 7 am wake up
- 7:45 leave the house
- 8:30 arrive on campus and prep for Seminar class (agenda, attendance sheet, activities)
- 9:45-11:20 Teach
- 11:20-11:45 lunch
- 11:45 – 1pm Office hours in Oliver Hall and meet with students there
- 1-4:00
- Meetings on campus
- Prep for my Teaching and Learning I class as a student
- No rest since I can’t be late as a teacher
- 4:00 Go to classroom space to set up and spend time with early students
- 4-8:30 teach (sometimes class ends at 6:15 and I want to go to the gym on those days)
- 9 Drive home
- 9:45 snack with Matteo
- 10 – 12 watch a movie if I can still keep conscious
- Friday
- Wake up at 8
- Have a leisurely breakfast with Matteo
- Work on planning for the week
- Take a nap
- Write, research, read for class, editing projects
- Make dinner for Matteo
- Watch a movie together or go out.
- Saturday
- Brunch with Matteo
- Garden
- Work on stuff for the week
- Watch a movie
- Sunday
- Brunch with Matteo
- Church
- Garden
- Work on stuff for the week
- Watch a movie
Because someone asked how I get so much done.
