I was really struck yesterday by the sheer disarray of my house! And then I realized that it’s pretty normal for end of semester crazies – and that this is the last end of semester crazies! End of semester celebrations, finals, huge final projects to grade, many pieces of paper to sort, file and hand […]
Entries Tagged as 'retirement'
16 and disarray
May 17th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, retirement, time, Work
Tags: college·finals·grades·job·mess·passion·retirement·Work
18 and loss
May 14th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, travel, Work
I just figured out this morning one of the deep feelings I’m having about retirement from this amazing job of teaching I’ve had – at this place, 15 years, and in total, a career in the world of teaching for almost 40! It’s the feeling of loss. Like all humans, loss is an inevitable piece […]
Tags: college·Granada·learning·loss·retirement·Spain·teaching·travel·Work
19 and a last – at last…
May 13th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, travel, Work
I’ve been really reluctant to say “the last this…the last that….the last time…,” etc. in regards to my retirement. It’s like saying my four month European trip for sabbatical was a “trip of a lifetime.” The trip was certainly amazing, and some parts, okay maybe, many parts, cannot be repeated – but I never planned […]
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24, 23, 22, 21, 20 — and yes, how did another five days go by?
May 12th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, Work
These posts of several days are just reminders of how busy my life as a college professor really is! Not to mention the part of life that involves laundry, the first lawn mow of the spring, a delightful Mother’s Day spent with daughter and granddaughter and paying the bills! This morning I enjoyed my once […]
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28, 27, 26, 25 and bittersweet moments indeed…
May 7th, 2014 · 1 Comment · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Fundraiser, Musings, retirement, Work
I truly have been thinking about this blog, and not short of material. But the last few days have had more bitter than sweet and I simply got hung up on that. I don’t want to write about those moments or focus on them anymore. Those are the things that created the stress in this […]