evaluating evaluations

i finally got my evaluations back today for the courses i taught last semester. overall, i think they were very very good. i got some great feedback and compliments on how the semester went, which is a great feeling and what i hoped for. they also provided plenty of ideas on how to improve the courses i teach in the future. and, unfortunately, there were some not so great things said too. i suppose that's inevitable right? there will always be students who don't like me as an instructor or didn't get much out of the course. i'm trying to not let those comments overshadow the positive ones.

time to hit the gym and not think about it anymore...more to write sbout my great weekend.

p.s.- great spam subject line: kung fu angst

"you can't go ass to mouth"...or to ninja sushi

so i had a great weekend! on friday night, mike and i had AWESOME sushi and kind of a hole-in-the-wall place. i had been telling him about this place called ninja sushi that i saw...and being the punk-ass that he is...he denied the existence of said restaurant, despite the fact that i had given him much evidense. so we went to find it and had trouble since they changed their name! but i did get verification of the fact that ninja sushi did exist. (boo ya!) everything we tried was great, especially the tempura roll. yum!! after that we went to a birthday party at uptown and then an after-party in "the hamptons." fun times in the pool, but did get hit in the face with the pool thermometer and definitely drank too much rum.

saturday i mostly laid on the couch (as i said, too much rum) and then got my nails done. that night mike and i made delicious kabobs and home-made mac and cheese. we were both tired and ended up falling asleep on the couch while doing some hard-core chillin'!

sunday i had coffee with a new friend, which was fun. that afternoon mike and i and others went to see Clerks II. it was good and inspired the first part of the subject line. it's funny stuff for sure!! mike then made yummy ribs on the grill and i made yummy rice on the stove. :) more chillin' after that which was just plain great!!

this week will be a fun one too. my friend sara is coming to visit for a while and will get here tomorrow morning. can't wait for fun times with her!!

:)

autumn antzy

i probably already wrote about this in my office daze, but i keep thinking about the fall and how i just can't wait for it to get here. actually, that's only partly true. i'm not ready for classes to start...but i am for cooler weather, fall fashions, and just the stuff that comes with autumn. changing leaves...sweaters and jackets...aggie football...cheaper utilities. i've already been thinking about thanksgiving and christmas. thanksgiving is an especially happy time of year for me. brings back a lot of great memories...especially from a few years ago. anyway, i know its only july...but i keep remembering that we get autumn out here in the land of enchantment. hopefully it won't continue to be unseasonally hot once september gets here. :) woo!

nothing exciting

hi kids-

i've been wanting to post for a while even though nothing all that exciting has been going on lately. had a fun time eating pizza and drinking beer last night. i've been corresponding with some old high school friends that i hadn't heard from in ages. one is my first high school boyfriend. very cool to be back in touch with him. he's a cool guy and taught me a lot about life back then...and even today. :)

my nephew luke turned 3 yesterday. he's having a birthday party this weekend that my parent's are going to. wish i could have gone too but flights were too damn expensive. he's very excited about the weekend and keeps asking my brother and sister-in-law "when's the party?" so cute!

i finally have something to work on at the job. one task is very data-entry heavy, which is not bad. and there are some other less mind-numbing projects that i have too. we're getting things figured out though and i think the position will start to be more fun as time goes on. realized school starts in a little over a month, so i should probably get my ass in gear in terms of making syllabi for the courses i'll teach.

seems like there's a lot of stuff coming up...trip to vegas, conference in montreal, a bunch of weddings in the fall, etc etc. i'm excited about the fall, though its going to be busy. looking forward to cooler temperatures and college football. :)

okay..enough rambling for now.

hugs not drugs.

spinning in my chair

so work has been really really slow this week. we had a project to work on, but because we were so efficient, it was taken away from us until monday. turns out technology could not keep up with us and we were breaking/overloading/crashing the server which meant a whole host of other people couldn't do any work. thank goodness a new server is being installed tonight and we have a huge stack of work to do that has piled up in the interim. i know..its sick and wrong to wish for work...but it is very boring to have nothing to do. i'm reduced to reading the undergraduate catalog. very exciting stuff. luckily it did spark a few ideas for our program, so that's a good thing.

in the meantime, i implore my friends with blogs to update those suckers so i have something more entertaining to read than degree requirements for the school of management. if you don't have a blog, make one immediately...or email me. :)

in other news, i think i'm almost over the cold i got from some crazy boy. i haven't coughed up my lungs that often today which i'm taking as a good sign. thanks sleep and nyquil.

peace out kids. have a great weekend.

working 9 to 5...i mean 8 to 5

started the new job today. i think it's going to be really great. i like the people i work with and this is going to be a super opportunity and unique in a lot of ways. i swear i'll elaborate, but i must gather up some stuff to take to the office tomorrow and get some much needed sleep. 8 a.m. is early for the formerly unemployed. :)