Category: Cleaning

  • Doing All the Things–But Mostly Work

    When I work alone, it takes two hours to deconstruct my house of Christmas decorations. This is always how I spend my time on New Year’s Day. It was not how I spent the bulk of my time last week, however. Though most people assume that professors get lots of time off–summer, fall, winter, and…

  • Putting the Crib in the Attic

    When my daughter was home at Thanksgiving, she told me that she didn’t fit in her bed anymore. I was surprised because I thought she had already stopped growing (taller) even though I knew at the same time that she had grown so much since she had gone to college. It was a moment of…

  • A Weird Halloween

    Last week started with laser focus on work. It was time for the accreditation site visit that we had been working over a year to accomplish successfully. I spent Monday and Tuesday on Zoom, being interviewed by the review team. Fortunately, our power didn’t go out until Thursday, when I was on Zoom in a…