Monday: Day-long teaching conference thingie at which I’m speaking.
Tuesday: Day-long department meeting (also on the agenda for that).
Wednesday: Finalize Syllabi, get everything up and running in course management software, blah.
Thursday: My birthday! Though I don’t really have plans, and I kind of don’t care, in that this year the reason I’m excited for my birthday is just that I’m really ready to be done with being 38, which I have decided is a stupid age.
Friday: Convocation, and I can’t bail on it because it’s my 10-year anniversary. If I’m lucky, I might get an umbrella. But that might be too fancy for just 10 years… probably it will be something dumb like a linty fleece blanket. (Note to people who make such decisions: a gift card equaling the price of the commemorative shitty gift would really be much more delightful than the commemorative shitty gift.)
Saturday: A party at my friend S’s house!
I’ll admit, I’m overwhelmed just looking at the week ahead. And I’m really not ready for all the face-time. That said? I am ready to get back to a routine, and I can’t remember the last time I so looked forward to the semester starting.
Reassigned Time 2.0 
Happy Birthday!
Yeah, I’ve got an amazingly busy week this week, too. I have two syllabi to write, and I am only marginally ready for that. Instead, I decided to f-up my life with a home-improvement project. The bad news is that so far it has not improved anything and in fact made things lots worse. So maybe writing syllabi will be a good break from that…
Happy birthday and congrats on 10 years at your school!
We get little lapel pins.
But happy birthday! I hope the year treats you well!
Happy birthday! Good luck with all of those meetings and the convocation.
For my twentieth year on faculty, I received a gold-tone pen with the university arms on it. At some point I’ll become an honorary alumna. . . .