December 2009

Christmas Recipe: Crockpot scalloped potatoes, hold the canned soup

December 17, 2009

On Christmas Eve the choir performs twice, once at the 8:30  p.m. service and then again at the 11:00 service, a full-throttle bells-and-smells Eucharist. In between the two events we entertain ourselves with a  potluck dinner. Since M’hijito and I are entertaining 15 people at my house on Christmas Day and since SDXB will be [...]

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w00t! Free flu shots!!

December 16, 2009

Dang! I thought the community college was charging $20 for the H1N1 shots they were dispensing today. Barreled in there this afternoon and learned they’re free! Even if you’re not a full-time employee. That’s amazing…GDU never did anything like that. I had to pay $20 for the regular seasonal flu shot last fall, ’cause Cigna, [...]

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On the first day of freedom…

December 16, 2009

The students’ grades posted, the GDU office all but shuttered, and editorial work wound down to one entertaining detective novel to read, the question arises: What next? So many what nexts: I can think of so much to fill my time I expect to be a great deal busier than I was while trudging in [...]

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The joy of students

December 15, 2009

Students can be such a pain sometimes, you tend to forget how splendid they are, even the ones whose minds your subject escapes. Early this semester I winced when Disability Resources sent a notice saying a student with Asperger’s Syndrome had signed up for one of my classes. Ungraciously, selfishly I thought, “Argh! More work, [...]

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Freedom!

December 14, 2009

w00t! I’m never going back to work at GDU again. Over at the community college, the last of the student papers are graded, and all that remains is to meet one class this afternoon to return their papers. I’m waiting till this evening to post grades, because there’s still a shot my marvelously brilliant but [...]

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Revanche on the secret joy of unemployment

December 13, 2009

Today we have a guest post by Revanche, proprietor of one of my favorite PF blogs, A Gai Shan Life. Enjoy! VH asked me how I’m dealing with unemployment now that I’m well in, and I had to think about it. Most notably, believe it or not, is the fact that I was laid off [...]

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