Saturday, May 7, 2016

Five Things that Don't Suck, Oh My Heart Edition

1. a former student flying up from Atlanta to say goodbye to me before she heads back to China*
2. having the time for a long but not long enough chat in my office
3. flowers
4. hugs
5. the way she said, "Please remember me" before she left

*who does that??

Friday, May 6, 2016

Five Things that Don't Suck, Last Day of Classes Edition

1. the urge to just laugh and laugh and laugh
2. hugs. So many hugs
3. meetings that maybe aren't as contentious as they could be
4. not having my alarm go off at 6:20 for a good long time
5. reading what I know are going to be some really good student papers*

*and then not reading any more student papers until sometime in September

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Five Things that Don't Suck, Last Off-Campus Thursday for a While Edition

1. breakfast with colleagues
2. making a much-needed thrift store run
3. not having too much moguling to do today
4. time to revise
5. preparing for tomorrow's grading

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Five Things that Don't Suck, Rainy (Again) Wednesday Edition

1. rain*
2. not having to mow the lawn
3. snuggling in this afternoon
4. being all caught up with both grading and moguling for a little bit
5. deluding myself into thinking I'll take a nap this afternoon

*at least here in the northeast. We need it, people

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Five Things that Don't Suck, Last Day of 060 Edition

1. my international students
2. they're mine, I tell ya
3. talking about writing with people who want to talk about writing
4. seeing them grow and develop over four years
5. having one of them occasionally come back and see me

Monday, May 2, 2016

Five Things that Don't Suck, Last Week of Classes Edition

1. the urge to put "Last Week of Classes, BIATCH!" in the title of this post
2. my amazing powers of self-restraint
3. knowing that my alarm is only going off 3 more times this semester*
4. the end of the Sunday night blues until August
5. loving my job as much as I do and still being able to celebrate break

*today was rough, man

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Five Things that Don't Suck, Busy Sunday Edition

1. going to Blick for art supplies
2. printing a ton of tea towels
3. and a couple of t-shirts
4. and a handful of aprons
5. spending half an hour listening to President Obama's White House Correspondents Dinner first