I figured we might need a place to comment on the aggravations encountered in the of middle-of-the-week (besides the Venting Thread). I enjoy the Friday Haikus thread, but my lawful good nature has been unsettled... since it isn't Friday yet (not unless you have a nuclear-powered DeLorean). :)
H.S.I.O.W. Haiku
Time moves so slowly
I'm not moving near light speed
So much crap to do.
Inspired by:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z15DhxVSZaM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z15DhxVSZaM)
Just saw a colleague
Said exactly the same thing
WTF, Wednesday
Cusp of the week, now
Some good, some bad, some ugly.
Hope the good will out.
M.
Stu incessantly,
talking, talking to me now
about Halo guns.
All my talks this week
Mercifully have ended.
Now over the hump.
Even on Wednesdays,
grading illiterate slop,
I long for Wednesdays.
With apologies to Basho.
So, obviously
I don't know what day it is
Need the weekend soon
Days are much the same,
These days they run together,
Ev'ryone stay safe!
Yester's not today.
Today is not tomorrow.
Tomorrow's not yet.
Three day weekends here
Sure Happy It's Thursday now
Makes fun acronym
I now realize
I've worked since seven AM
Two work days in one
I wish I could say
I will never teach this class
In online format
But, I need this job.
So, online again in Spring
Goddess, help us all.
Tomorrow, never,
Yesterday has come and gone,
Yet doomed to repeat.
In holding pattern
Waiting for the voting counts
Hope it's over soon
Annoying back pain,
Stressed students, papers to grade-
Apocalypse now.
Days like these can be
Redeemed by the students who
Make me laugh. Silly.
It's Wednesday, again
Exams next week, then T-Day
All week for grading
Then, on to whining,
requests for extra credit.
Need a time machine!
Week and a half left
Then time for sleep and breathing
And some catching up
Dictator-in-Chief,
Wants to start a coup today-
Ready to rumble?
Too much shit going on,
Not enough time to grade labs.
When will I do this?
Eek! I'm so behind!
I swear I'll finish grading
Not much sleep tonight
Began the class with
Very best of intentions
But have planned too much
A slow-trawling hawk
Flapping watchfully over
vole-enriched meadows.
So today it's been
10 hours of back to back
Virtual meetings
Now I can't get up
My butt is glued to the chair
Help, I think I'm stuck.
Ten hours is nuts.
I sympathize for lost time.
It's time for a break.
Will you please slow down?
Turkish Rondo is not meant
to wobble and fall!
I thought yesterday,
was Wednesday and not Tuesday.
Time has lost meaning.
Time for Sudoku.
My brain doesn't want to think
About student grades.
Finishing grading
Tomorrow's a holiday
Turn off work email.
Then just two more weeks
'Till the semester's over
We've almost made it.
Six meetings today
Seven hours virtual
Butt glued to the chair
Student told me to
F*** off during Zoom lecture
Removed him from class
Other students, shocked
I carried on with lecture
It's always something
I have some papers and exams still to come, but the bulk of my work for this semester is now done.
I do need to reply to a couple of student emails. I prefer to do that after the grades are submitted.
But it is only Dec 9 and I can start thinking about other things. That feels good.
More blood tests today
And doctor visits again.
Boring meeting now.
Family member has tested positive for COVID-19 and his significant other will probably get it too. The headache is bad enough to drive you nuts, so I've heard. I wish I could get him some fioricet.
My grades are posted!
And only one incomplete!
It is now over.
So now a small break,
Then the planning for next term.
All remote again.
And what have I learned
In this all online teaching
Forced experiment?
Cats like the doc cam
I like to teach without shoes
Chat feature is gold.
I'm done with grading!
I feel a sense of relief.
Time to take a break.
It's even worse than "only Wednesday". I misinterpreted all the big hoopla, thinking that VACATIONS began this week!
Well, the news was "Ooooh!"
Both the sports and traffic "NOOO.!"
Weather? Her's perfect, "mmmh.."