day 6 - not 5
The day began with usual strop-fodder: I could not find my advent gift. Where was the parcel for the 5th? Could I find it?! I found most of the others; but day 9 was missing, too. This was atypical behaviour. I resisted calling mum to berate her over this. Whilst giving a revision lecture to my beloved students this afternoon, it hit me: it is the 6th. Hence no no. 5. Upon investigating the 9 situation I discovered that my sister has two 9s. She is smug and now calls herself the favourite daughter. I want my 9!
Update on ill-health: nausea has lessened thankfully. Throat still a bit crackly. Had a couple of bad moments in a seminar today, much to the amusement of my students. You know when you feel a cough coming on but you have to stifle it; I used to save them for sax solos in swing band, or conference presentations. Of course the frog in the throat grows and a coughing fit duly follows. I must have turned scarlet in the seminar. I tried to give the class a task to occupy them whilst I coughed up my lungs in the corridor, but sounded like Jonny Vegas when tried to speak. Sodding teaching. Am feeling better on the whole, though, although still not sleeping.
This blog is a true diary these days! Perhaps it is their purpose, but I would like to have something a little more substantial to report than coughing in a class.
What is the current consensus on how damaging mibile phones are to health these days? I have no time for other hobbies as I sit on the phone for about 2 hours a night. Can't be good.
Final topic up for discussion: the optimism surrounding the fact that jobs are now being advertised for academic posts to start in Oct 2007. Hurrah! There is hope for getting out of Leeds! I am so excited about this; I cannot begin to convey the extent of it. I feel incredibly ready to move on, although I'm not sure why. I'm not unhappy with Leeds itself, and I enjoy my work enough to want to continue it indefinitely (a good sign) but I cannot wait to move on. Perhaps the novelty value has worn off. Perhaps I just get itchy feet after a few months; I do need to move flats at least annually. Perhaps there is the dream that with a move life will simply be better. I'm not sure. No doubt when I do move I will miss aspects of a large and sociable department, living in a young and vibrant city and being relatively close to home. But for now I can dream...
Moon. xxx
Update on ill-health: nausea has lessened thankfully. Throat still a bit crackly. Had a couple of bad moments in a seminar today, much to the amusement of my students. You know when you feel a cough coming on but you have to stifle it; I used to save them for sax solos in swing band, or conference presentations. Of course the frog in the throat grows and a coughing fit duly follows. I must have turned scarlet in the seminar. I tried to give the class a task to occupy them whilst I coughed up my lungs in the corridor, but sounded like Jonny Vegas when tried to speak. Sodding teaching. Am feeling better on the whole, though, although still not sleeping.
This blog is a true diary these days! Perhaps it is their purpose, but I would like to have something a little more substantial to report than coughing in a class.
What is the current consensus on how damaging mibile phones are to health these days? I have no time for other hobbies as I sit on the phone for about 2 hours a night. Can't be good.
Final topic up for discussion: the optimism surrounding the fact that jobs are now being advertised for academic posts to start in Oct 2007. Hurrah! There is hope for getting out of Leeds! I am so excited about this; I cannot begin to convey the extent of it. I feel incredibly ready to move on, although I'm not sure why. I'm not unhappy with Leeds itself, and I enjoy my work enough to want to continue it indefinitely (a good sign) but I cannot wait to move on. Perhaps the novelty value has worn off. Perhaps I just get itchy feet after a few months; I do need to move flats at least annually. Perhaps there is the dream that with a move life will simply be better. I'm not sure. No doubt when I do move I will miss aspects of a large and sociable department, living in a young and vibrant city and being relatively close to home. But for now I can dream...
Moon. xxx
posted by Moon @ 8:13 pm
2 Comments:
At 11:12 pm,
Tombola said…
Exceptional timing with your phone query Moon. Perhaps you should look up Prof Tricia McKinney of your very University. She has been commenting on a new Danish paper that has found no link between phones and cancer.
At 8:26 am,
Moon said…
Well that's good news! Thanks, Prof. I'll look into it...
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