Magical_Suitcase
aka: kid-at-heart
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2018
Interrupting this report to explain my long absence from September to April… Unfortunately, several unplanned, time-consuming projects hit at the same time. One project (fun but time consuming) was a set of classes I was taking in preparation of moving from a full-time “professional” career to a part-time “retirement” career. About fifteen years ago I started taking classes to become a travel agent. One of the perks at my college is free tuition for faculty. Life was busy, Sarah was young, and I did not finish the classes. Over the years I have met several folks who are travel agents and I have always been so envious of their career choice. I love being a professor, but I am ready to do something different. Last year I jumped back into taking travel related classes and finally “graduated” this winter. The classes were awesome and fun, but also time consuming. I found a host agency to join while working my way through the course and it has been a great experience. I plan to retire from my full-time professor role this August and even though no one is traveling now, I am excited to have this gig for a retirement “fun” job. I also will continue working with the college as an adjunct so I will still be involved with my students.
Also, as I mentioned earlier, a good friend and co-worker had a concussion over the summer. When it became obvious that she was not going to be back at the start of fall classes, I volunteered to take on several of her classes for a couple of weeks and we found subs for the classes I could not do. We assumed she would be back at work within a couple of weeks. She actually ended up being out the entire semester. Assuming she would be back by January, my co-workers and I all pitched in and did what needed to be done. She would have done the same for us. Then… a few days before the start of winter semester, we were talking, and she told me she really did not know if she could handle being in the class again, she was still having daily headaches and other issues from her concussion. She said she was considering retiring and I fully supported her decision. However, this meant that we were still short a staff member so again I agreed to take over part of her class load. Considering what has been occurring these past couple of months, I am so glad she retired. I cannot imagine how she would have handled the extra workload that has happened due to our moving all classes online (because of Covid-19), mentoring faculty who have never taught online, and all the other issues that have popped up.
It has been a “kick-in-de-tush” school year but we are finally at the end. Yea! Now maybe I will be able to finish this report before I forget what we did and when we did it.
Thanks for staying with me.
Also, as I mentioned earlier, a good friend and co-worker had a concussion over the summer. When it became obvious that she was not going to be back at the start of fall classes, I volunteered to take on several of her classes for a couple of weeks and we found subs for the classes I could not do. We assumed she would be back at work within a couple of weeks. She actually ended up being out the entire semester. Assuming she would be back by January, my co-workers and I all pitched in and did what needed to be done. She would have done the same for us. Then… a few days before the start of winter semester, we were talking, and she told me she really did not know if she could handle being in the class again, she was still having daily headaches and other issues from her concussion. She said she was considering retiring and I fully supported her decision. However, this meant that we were still short a staff member so again I agreed to take over part of her class load. Considering what has been occurring these past couple of months, I am so glad she retired. I cannot imagine how she would have handled the extra workload that has happened due to our moving all classes online (because of Covid-19), mentoring faculty who have never taught online, and all the other issues that have popped up.
It has been a “kick-in-de-tush” school year but we are finally at the end. Yea! Now maybe I will be able to finish this report before I forget what we did and when we did it.
Thanks for staying with me.