Courses taught: 5
Papers graded: 870, not counting homework
Book contracts for an edited collection on Margaret Atwood given by Cambridge: 1
Car accidents: 1
Hours of physical therapy per week for over two months: 3-6
Nieces and nephews born: 2
Books read for work: about 20
Books read for pleasure: None, I think, even over break.
Upper GIs: 1
Cancers found by Upper GI: 0 (yay!)
Conference panels chaired: 2
Book chapters written and sent to editors: 2
Margaret Atwood Journal issues out: 1
Minor foot surgeries: 1 (a redo, since the Jan doc did it so badly)
Campus Book Project talks given: 1
Campus Book Project talks chaired: 3
Campus Book Project books chosen: 1
Plays attended: 3
Awesome Halloween costumes: 1
Mix CDs produced: 3
Kittens fixed: 2
Kittens taught to stay off the desk and counters: 0
New Recipes Tried: probably 15-20
New mentees for the Guardian Scholars Program: 1
Trips to take the boy’s car to the shop: 2
Letters of recommendation written: 6
Types of bitters homemade by me, Vanessa, Rae, Marina, and Melissa: 5
Trips to wine country: 2
Here’s to a better year (all the good stuff, but less of the silly medical stuff)!