Saturday, April 12, 2003
Am back out at the farm - supposed to be high 70s. Saw the deer this morning and will be keeping a lookout for the turkeys. Spent 3 1/2 hours yesterday and almost 2 today online with the Starband folks. The best thing that came out of it was finding out there's a new installer about ten miles away who also has a wireless service with a transmitter on top the grain elevator a mile away. I will check into just switching to him except that the 30-foot trees surrounding the house may be a complication. In any case, he seems very professional and will be here Wednesday.
School will be busy this week with enrollment but it will be good to see students (although very few of them actually come in) to remind me why I'm in this profession.
The work stressors have settled down a bit. The obstructionist has threatened to resign (which means move to another department.............) but, in any case, has significantly decreased any perceived leverage she has if she has to stay. In either case, life will be less stressful and students will not be incorrectly disciplined/yelled at by someone with an overactive mothering urge. It's another example of how women are harder than each other in the workplace than men often are. I've sacrificed a lot to be where I am at a younger than average age but will, I guess, have to continually deal with people who think they have to tear others down to feel better. I did some research on passive agressive personalities earlier in the week. Two rules a) don't try to understand them because trying to be nice will only get you in more "trouble with them" and b) get as far away from them as you can.
Hope to get some reading and window-cleaning done today. Pretty exciting stuff. Am seriously considering having students read 3 of John Updike's "rabbit" series for the summer social history course. Will give anyone the option of reading something else since they are "candid" accounts of people's lives.
School will be busy this week with enrollment but it will be good to see students (although very few of them actually come in) to remind me why I'm in this profession.
The work stressors have settled down a bit. The obstructionist has threatened to resign (which means move to another department.............) but, in any case, has significantly decreased any perceived leverage she has if she has to stay. In either case, life will be less stressful and students will not be incorrectly disciplined/yelled at by someone with an overactive mothering urge. It's another example of how women are harder than each other in the workplace than men often are. I've sacrificed a lot to be where I am at a younger than average age but will, I guess, have to continually deal with people who think they have to tear others down to feel better. I did some research on passive agressive personalities earlier in the week. Two rules a) don't try to understand them because trying to be nice will only get you in more "trouble with them" and b) get as far away from them as you can.
Hope to get some reading and window-cleaning done today. Pretty exciting stuff. Am seriously considering having students read 3 of John Updike's "rabbit" series for the summer social history course. Will give anyone the option of reading something else since they are "candid" accounts of people's lives.
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