TO DO, before August 1st.
– Apply 4 years of ethnographic research to roughly 60-80 pages of unwritten manuscript, comparing to (approximately) last 50 years of research on relevant topics.
– Hire desperate computer-savvy person to enter several hundred sources into new software and tie them into ongoing drafts.
– Hire or beg help to improve terrible translations… currently over 20 pages of them.
– Draw two portraits.
– Wean Kate from the pacifier before she gets herself into (more) trouble.
– Get glitter for the coming tooth fairy return.
– Finish one major grant submission.
– Be okay with putting all other work tasks on hold… cancel meetings, apologize, explain, and try to delegate.
– Have a least one meeting that would not go on hold from above.
– Finish lodging reservations for Scotland.
– Arrange camera rental for Scotland.
– Presents: mail wrapped b-day gifts for C, W, and R… and just cuz present for W. Figure out birthday present and send to B. Order/ship wedding present. Belated b-day for brother and anniversary for brother and sis-in-law, too.
– Find house/cat sitter.
– Make beach decisions.
– Prepare two 2-hour classes with lecture and discussion… bonus points for being alive to deliver them.
– Freak out over all the things I’m forgetting.
jenny | 20-Jul-09 at 5:35 am | Permalink
spanish translations? i’d be happy to help. email me a page or two, so i can get a sense of what you’re working with.
Emmy | 20-Jul-09 at 6:21 am | Permalink
I may have some referrals for house and dog sitting…
Emily R | 23-Jul-09 at 6:16 am | Permalink
just do the diss work. power through. screw the gifts