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Man, the last week or so has just been crazy, but I think things are slowing down for me again. I was at the dentist this morning for a filling, so the whole left side of my face and tongue feels like it’s about the size of New Hampshire. Fortunately, I don’t have any reason to talk to anyone until after work today, so I should be okay. But I’m having some serious drinking problems…I had to go get a straw from the cafe.I’m on a hiring committee (as always) and we’ve been interviewing the last few weeks. This means days devoted to the candidate and a few dinners. I don’t mind the dinners at all - I’m not going to complain about free food and interesting conversation. But it does mean I haven’t been home a lot in the evenings. Chris has also been busy with multiple open houses at school, so we’ve been like strangers passing in the night.Monday I drove the library vanpool to Flagstaff for our fall AULC (Arizona University Libraries Consortium) meeting at NAU. We left hella early at 6:00 AM, but it was a beautiful morning, an uneventful drive, and nice as always to meet with our other colleagues. Cline Library is such a lovely building, I’m always consumed with jealousy when we go. Sadly, I didn’t have any time to visit my friend Jones, who works at NAU. We were on the road back to Phoenix by 1:30, and I got home by 4:30. A lot of driving, and I was wiped out.Tuesday, I had 2 instruction sessions for ENG 105 classes. I’d been working with one of our instruction librarians on the curriculum for the assignment, so had a great outline and activities planned. Unfortunately, I was pretty tired still from Monday and not nearly as energetic as usual. I’m also not used to such a planned instruction session - I’ve always had a very rough outline and done a lot of improvisation for the class, which I’m pretty good at being informative AND entertaining. …
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