- Location:United States, Indiana, Bloomington
- Mood:
impressed
I need to get started on the changes I need to make.
- Location:United States, Indiana, Bloomington
- Mood:
depressed
The name Manhattan comes from the Munsi language of the Lenni Lenape meaning island of many hills. Other theories contend that it comes from one of three Munsi words. "Manahactanienk" meaning "place of inebriation". Other possibilities are "manahatouh" meaning "a place where wood is available for making bows and arrows" and "menatay" meaning simply "the island."I knew about the first, but the Manahactanienk version is disturbing. Apparently the Dutch were having trouble finding something the natives were willing to trade for it and then thought: hey! have you ever had alcohol? They all went up to the island and the natives had such a good time they called it we all got inebriated there.
I'm still going to go with island of many hills.
- Location:United States, Indiana, Bloomington
- Mood:
confused
- Location:United States, Indiana, Bloomington
- Mood:
proud
I am finally finished for the semester! I got all my grading in on Sunday, I turned in my draft of my proposal two Thursday's ago and this past Thursday I finished up my dossier in preparation for my third review! I am now taking a much needed break of a week away from schoolwork and it feels nice to remember what sleep is like. This morning I took Mattie to Wonderlab with her friend, Soyul and then we came home and took a nap. Life is good.
Next Friday I'll have my third review and the result will be more work either way, but until then I am going to relax a bit and try to get my body healthy again.
This is my vacation — such as it is.
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- Location:US, Indiana, Bloomington, Monroe
In the past month I've noticed that I'm getting a whole bunch of job solicitations. Now, I'm sure that this is because many of the resumes I have out there promote my skills as a software developer — particularly enterprise Java. However, those resumes are also quite old and outdated as anything current (i.e. within the last five years) focuses more heavily on instructional design and the fact that I'm a full-time student who is currently employed. They are obviously running out of options with existing names and resorting to (Google?) searches.
To me, this is a clear indication that the economy is seriously picking up. Yay!
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- Location:US, Indiana, Bloomington, Monroe
I am so glad I made the decision not to teach again next year back in February, because I don't think I could do it again now — I'm going to miss it too much. On the whole I have a fantastic group of students this semester and that makes it tough, but I love the classes themselves and how they've grown and changed during my time with them. Don't get me wrong, the reasons I chose not to teach next year still apply (diminishing responsibilities on campus, lack of it me availability and, most important, the impending arrival of Mattie's new brother or sister), but I know how much I'm going to miss it next year and that makes me a little bit sad. It's definitely for the best, and I'll be thanking myself in the fall, but still…
I'll relish the coming week (especially since my grading load is so light)!
Thank you to all my students!
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- Location:US, Indiana, Bloomington, Monroe
However, recently she seems to have started gaining an understanding of death. At night, when it's cold, I'll cover her with one of the blankets that she sleeps with — one that we inherited from my dad, her grampa Marty. A few nights ago, she asked me a bit about him and how he died and I explained that his heart stopped. She asked if mommy and I would die when she got bigger and I tried my best to separate her growing up from the inevitable fact that Misun and I will one day die. Ever since, she has been talking about the fact that grampa Marty died and saying that one day we will die.
I hope that she accepts this fact and moves on quickly because it's a little bit depressing to be reminded of this inevitability by your 3-year-old who seems a bit upset by it.
- Location:United States, Indiana, Bloomington
It seems that Mattie mis-heard the word forgot as t'agot somewhere in the past and the issue persists despite my attempts to gently correct. To make it more fun, her understanding of the concept is also a bit off and she uses it any time she wants to point out that I haven't yet done something I've promised. For example: daddy, you almost forgot to bring me water! she tells me in the kitchen as she watches me filling up a cup of water for her.
I have to enjoy these things while I can because she does correct herself fairly quickly in general and, now that she's reading, I expect the half-life of these little mistakes is likely only to shrink further…
- Location:United States, Indiana, Bloomington
- Mood:
amused
- Location:United States, Indiana, Bloomington
- Mood: ecstatic
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