Sigh. So many ideas to write about (Piet-Oudolf inspired design for Calgary gardens; yearly review of what worked/didn't work in my gardens this year; changes I am pondering for next year...) but no time right now. This is a busy time of year at my "real job" at Mount Royal University. I'm sure you don't need to know but let's just list what I have to do in the next few weeks: get through a huge pile of marking; do an evaluation of a peer's class; review a paper for a journal; finish my contribution to a paper I've been collaborating on, which includes doing more literature review before I can finish writing; write an ethics application for a project I want to do next semester; advise students who are either panicking about what to drop out of now, or what to register for next semester, or both. And that doesn't include teaching classes and the regular projects and committees I'm working on! You can tell I'm stressed because I usually try not to talk about work on my gardening blog...
So, long story short, I'll start posting again in a couple of weeks once I get over this hump. I gotta say, I love that my work is seasonal and the busy times occur in the winter. If I was this busy during gardening season I would lose my mind!!!
PS I stole one more bag of leaves this week ... anyone interested in starting a Leafaholics Anonymous group?
Have fun! I used to teach at DeVry and I can't say I miss the marking! And keep stealing leaves...why not?
Posted by: Allison | November 14, 2009 at 11:22 PM