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Counting Down

January 12th, 2016 at 04:26 am

It's 10 days until we leave for London, so I'm in big countdown mode. Lots of things to eat up, lots of things to get done.

We've got a dog sitter lined up, I've hauled the suitcase up from the basement, and I'm going to officially start packing tomorrow.

I've been talking with a colleague about my willingness to take on extra work. The university situation is tenuous, and she's just had a class cut, cutting her income by 25% for spring. I mutter and curse the extra work, but I think she's right, it's fear motivated. So I'm hooked on work, hooked on saving money where possible, and realize it will probably always be this way. I will be happy when this Winterim class is done, Only eight days left of it and 8,000 papers.

In happier news, my MN friends are joining me in France at the end of February. My students go on a rather raucous bus tour of Scotland, and we're headed back to Nice. We got a triple room, a great rate at the hotel, and free breakfast (at 17Euros) for booking online. I'm flying British Air, and I actually am using my Avios points, so the flight from Heathrow cost under $100. I want to do some more traveling too, but will hold off on that until I get the semester sorted out.

It's so cold here. Ugh.

4 Responses to “Counting Down”

  1. VS_ozgirl Says:
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    Wishing you a lovely trip! Have fun Smile

  2. CB in the City Says:
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    So exciting -- it's wonderful you get to travel so much!

  3. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    The trip sounds like a lot of fun - especially getting to have friends on part of it!

  4. Tabs Says:
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    Oooh sounds interesting. Have fun!

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