patron saint of weasels

alrighty yesterday did not involve more Work-work because we realized that i messed upppp and just... completely forgot to request departmental approval for that conference, which means the department now needs to retroactively grant that approval if i want to have a hope of seeing any money from the college for the trip. and we don't know how to do that lmao. so i spent an hour writing a BUSINESS MEMO for the college and compiling a bunch of information and documentation beyond all the stuff i already submitted after i got back. and then in penance for putting something new on top of the pile of absolute chaos my chair's been dealing with this month i hopped onto one of the 7 million running dept planning docs (this one for a surprise ad hoc committee she put me on on thursday) and left a bunch of notes/ideas before our meeting next week since i've already done work for 2 other committees that is maybe helpful for this one. please let me be helpful i am really not used to being the Problem Person and i feel horrible about it ;___; mea culpaaaaa.

coffee shop this morning where i finished drafting a research talk i'm giving next month, home for a zoom committee meeting in the afternoon, and then my friend and i just spent THREE BEAUTIFUL HOURS at the thermal spa as our last hurrah before classes start on monday 🙂‍↕️

juno!! i’ve been following since before you first got her, and my goodness — it fills my heart to see her white dappled face and remember when she was a puppy

all settled back in and i woke up at a normal hour this morning (rather than the 3:45 of the past few days) so i think the worst of my jetlag is past!! i have pottery and then yoga this afternoon bc i need a somatic reset lol but before then i'm gonna try to finish prepping my undergrad course and submit all my post-trip travel documentation. i have so much good friend time to look forward to next week ;___; taking sherry out for fancy dinner as a thank-you for the dogsitting and the airport lift on sunday, getting coffee w my housesitter/former undergrad tuesday, pots on wednesday and my dear friend who was traveling last week will be back so we can yap!! and then i'm going to the sauna to catch up w a different friend on friday. also department orientation stuff on thursday so i'll have to head to campus, which is less fun but it will be really nice to see everyoneeeee and good to clean my office, pick up my bus pass, etc etc.

lowkey hauling today!!! had a slow start that i made slower by going to a cafe for breakfast but i eventually made it to the library where i sent emails for genuinely almost 2 hours straight and did a little more work on this proposal i absolutely should not be thinking about rn before pivoting to teaching. i'm almost done prepping this undergrad class--i need to set up and publish the canvas site, update the coursebook, and maybe write one more assignment sheet before i can call it good and ignore it until the monday classes start.

conference DONE! i got back to my room last night after (breakfast + panel + long book yap + lunch + panel + panel) pizza + ice cream + walk + saying goodbye to some friends, slapped the dnd sign on the door, took an ice cold shower (because it was 104 degrees yesterdayyyy), and was sound asleep before 10pm. bedside light still on when i woke up.