The Bay Area is vacillating between a gorgeous, absolutely clear, positively springtime day and a week of miserable, cold April rains, and I'm beginning to realize how lucky I am that I didn't go to school in Seattle.
I'm glad to hear about your music, Seth; it sounds exciting. I'm really curious about the off-the-wall classical.
My house is ambling along. We recently had our second round of votes-of-confidence for our elected managers, but this time someone snagged one or two out of the envelope, which makes me immensely sad. My co-president figured out a way to fairly determine who needs to redo their VOCs without destroying their anonymity, which was a good trick; still, it's taking us longer to compile them. And there's conflict resolution stuff that absolutely makes my Spleen and Liver ache, but I'm hoping we'll get it worked out in a fairly timely fashion. There's a court hearing on Friday I have to go to as a witness for someone.
My school is ambling along; it's going to be an absolute HELL of a quarter. I have to put together a community needs assessment, a new museum to fit the community's assessed needs, and a grant proposal to fund the new museum by June 12th. It's exciting, in the way that doing exciting things which should take three to five exciting years in about three exciting months is exciting. And we're still getting applications for our core faculty position, which means I'm still evaluating them, people are still waiting to hear back, and we're still waiting to conduct interviews.
I'm putting together a benefit for a friend of mine who had a heart attack recently. He's doing well physically, but not so much financially, so I'm trying to figure out what would be the best way to help him out.
My personal relationships are confusing in a pretty happy way at the moment. I'm continuing one relationship in a little more laid-back fashion now, having negotiated with my partner in that relationship a pace which is more comfortable for him. He's spending a lot of time with his primary partner, who will be moving further away in the fall, and a lot of time taking care of his own needs, which he's good at neglecting, so even though I see him less I count it a positive thing. There's also someone new in my life, and in that relationship I'm the one feeling like brakes need to be applied. He's younger than me by more years than I'm comfortable with—albeit he's A— legal, thanks for asking, B— more experienced than I am, and C— more likely to hurt me than I am to hurt him, according to informed sources. All that said, I still can't help but be a little worried.
I'm stepping down as president for the summer, but hoping to run again for fall, Gods know why.
Busy, busy, busy, as Bokonon would say. |
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