eLearning & Deliberative Moments

Is that the date? Have I really abandoned my blog for five weeks? Oh dear. This is but one symptom of a life lived unreflectively. I've let the grass grow too long.

I could cite the Easter school holidays, when young daughters Gillian and Allison filled every waking (and sometimes sleeping) minute with valid claims for attention. Or the week-long business trip to Singapore by my wife which extended my primary care responsibilities further. Or of broken toilets, weatherboards that needed replacing on the house, or a ski lodge that needed painting. Or the ensuing backlog of commitments that were knocked off late and of lower quality than expected. Or that the University has bungled their communication of requirements of me as a PhD candidate, adding onerous obligations I'm not sure how I'm going to fit in. Or of dentistry extracting both money and teeth. Or the fact that my research funds have STILL not arrived for no apparent reason other than bureaucratic indifference, leaving me borrowing lunch money from my wife (she's okay about it, but it's still stressful). Or that my research design is off the rails because I've had difficulty concentrating properly on it....

My home office desk is a mess, I haven't shaved for a month, and I haven't been going for enough runs.

But these are all excuses for an undisciplined and somewhat depressed period from which I need to recover. So Things Have to Change.

I blew up yesterday at a colleague who was off on a tangent. While I shall endeavour to be more tactful, I'll continue to re-assert that I'm tired of humbly acting the passenger.

Good, now that that is off my chest, I'd better get to work.

Posted by rlubensky on 24 April 2008 at 1:17 PM | Permalink