This day has flown by. John had an early meeting today, so I dropped Leif off on my own this morning for the first time. It was touch-and-go there for a minute, but it went better than I expected. Then, I headed in and straight to the parking office to resolve issues for the second car. Luckily, it was a speedy exchange and now both cars can be parked on campus. Yay for being able to go to work!
I dealt with a series of emails this morning about a pilot that went on this summer and caught up on the status. I installed the software on my computer to see if I could experiment with it in these last few weeks.
I had a meeting to catch up on a committee that wrapped up while I was away. A lot has happened in such a few short summer months! People think summers are quiet when students are away, but precisely because people are away a lot has to happen fast! Once they get here there’s not much time left for projects!
Next up: I scheduled a meeting with the new director of the Teaching and Learning Center. I liaise with the center and have offered programs with them in the past as part of the Instructional Design part of my job. I’m looking forward to sharing what we can offer and finding out how we can partner.
Finally, I started verifying the schedule I set up for our new Fellow before going on maternity leave. There’s still a ways to go on that, but the pieces are in place.
I had planned to refamiliarize and organize my Evernote account and clear out a folder of email. Hopefully I’ll make it through that tomorrow!
Welcome back! To this day I still have my husband drop of the baby (she’s 3 now). I had to drop her off yesterday and it was awful. We both end up crying. You are smart to ease yourself back into things. I found that for the first two years I had lots of time at night when they go to bed. Now not so much. They stay up later and demand much more attention.
Lauren, I’m really enjoying your posts. As a result of a major shift in my duties, I’m in need of some cleaning, planning and getting on top of my goals. Your days are motivating mine!
And the drop off DOES get easier… for them. Then they barely say bye to you, and you cry about that, too. (Mine are 4 and 5)
Lori, thanks for telling me your experience. I’m hopeful we’ll get to a good bedtime soon to have a little more time in the day… I can only imagine the attention he’ll need later!
Jaime, thanks! I hope you get some good cleaning/planning in, too!
And thanks for the reassurance about it getting easier… I can only imagine how it will feel when he can’t wait to be there!!