Hi Ho, Hi Ho...

The term has started up again. I've worked a total of one day so far and I'm about done with the whole idea. Yesterday, I had an 8:30am class. This is too early for anyone to have a class. The students were all half asleep and I couldn't really blame them. It was also raining, which didn't help. At least there was ample parking when I arrived, but who knew traffic was going to suck so bad at 7:30 in the morning?

After class, I came home to take a short nap before my evening class. Three hours later, I woke up. I ate and got ready to go teach again at 7. Didn't accomplish anything else that day.

Today, I have a class that starts at 2:30. So far, it's slightly after noon and I haven't managed to get dressed yet. Somehow it's less appealing to get dressed and then have to change into work clothes after a few hours. So again, I haven't accomplished much today, although I did manage to cook a lunch that actually involved a vegetable (asparagus).

I need to get on some sort of schedule where I have to get up and do something in the morning on Tues/Thurs (my 2:30 class days) so that I don't just wallow around in my PJs until noon. I don't feel too badly about the nap yesterday; obviously I was tired.

In other news, the pair of work pants that I thought would still fit (because I bought them really big and they have an elasticized waistband) aren't even close to fitting anymore. I must be pregnant.

Telling Work

Today, I told my main department chair that I'm pregnant and asked what she wants to do for winter term. If the baby waits until the due date to show up, I'll make it through the end of the term. If baby comes early, I'd miss time... possibly quite a bit.

She was very supportive. We talked about what classes I might teach and she said she'd just get ready to potentially find a sub if necessary. I told her I'll be taking spring term entirely off, but will probably be ready to teach at least a little bit for summer and then back to "full part time" in the fall.

This is now the second department chair that I've told and both have been very supportive. Both of them are women, so maybe that's part of it. I've never had to have this talk with an employer before, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but it went well.

I've spent a fair amount of time wondering and sort of mildly worrying about what would happen winter term. It's a relief to have it resolved and not have to think about it, except in the context of how teaching is going to be once I'm ginormous.

Finally Final!

Last day of summer term today! The students take an all-scantron final, I whip it through the machine and am done with grading for the rest of the summer.

Today has been a pretty good tummy day. I started off with half an english muffin with peanut butter and a cup of mint tea with ginger syrup. The ginger syrup is basically ginger juice (or essence, or ground up ginger or something) in honey. I got it at New Seasons and it was quite expensive. When it runs out, if I need more, I think I'm going to try grinding up some fresh ginger and mixing it with honey at home. That seems worth $15.

Other foods consumed today: Toasted English muffin with egg salad, my new favorite food. Also, a second cup of ginger-mint tea. I brought a small bag of rabbit pretzels to the final, but have eaten them already. I should have brought some more food.