Ah, the academic life

So here's the past week:

Monday: work like a maniac on the proposal while sitting in a doctor's office with my aunt.

Tuesday: take the train into the city, attend the Pace for Women event, the Faculty Institute Planning meeting, and have a conference call about the doctor of professional studies program. Then a building collapses and there are no trains back to Westchester, so Anne drives to the Bronx to pick me up (what fun!).

Wednesday: get to the gym, then to a memorial service for a colleague who died much too young (47). Work on the proposal, grade some midterms, prepare for my data warehousing class.

Thursday: work on the proposal, prepare for Saturday's class, hold office hours.

Friday: take a couple of hours to drive to the city to get my hair cut, then work on the proposal, attend the Campus faculty council meeting, work on the proposal, send the damn thing out! Get home around 6:30 for dinner.

Saturday: up early to finish preparing for class, get in around 12 for my class, jump between two classes: the one I'm teaching and the one in which my doctoral student is presenting;

Sunday: rush home after church services to prepare my presentation for today's preview day, go in and have lunch with parents and accepted students, make my presentation, come home.

Monday: get into the city for a series of meetings: 12:30, SOA lecture, 2:30, interview, 4:00, strategic planning committee, 6 PM, meet my data warehousing class.

And of course at least an hour (sometimes two!) of e-mail, and a few more conference calls thrown in.

Ah, the easy life of a 21st century college professor!