posted 2006/08/11 at 16:59
I'm actually posting right now from the main computer lab at UT. I had to come here to take care of some more stuff, and the worst part is that I'll have to come back here next week as well to get things like the textbook for my Japanese class and my parking permit.
In a way I suppose it's a good thing that I'm getting the chance to come here when things aren't so busy so I can get used to being around campus again without ZOMG TEN MILLION STUDENTS around, but at the same time it kind of stinks that I'm having to keep making trips here over my break. Not that I'll be here that much over the semester -- depending on whether or not I can work things out with my thesis, I may only have to be on campus Tuesdays and Thursdays this semester -- but I've still got that child-like instinct of wanting to avoid being on campus if I can.
I've been looking online at instructor positions at various two- and four-year colleges in the area, and there are a couple of community colleges nearby that have positions available. Ultimately I'd like to stay an instructor here at UT, but budget considerations being what they are as well, as well as the fact that I'll be entering the market in the middle of an academic year, I don't know that they'll be able to take me for Spring semester. Still, perhaps some time teaching away from UT -- even if only a semester -- may do me some good and give me some valuable experience.
I've got Walden out in my car and it's another nice day out (nicer than Tuesday, even, since it's coolger), but I should finish the book in maybe an hour or so, and I didn't bring another book with me. Maybe I'll take a walk at Wildwood when I get the book finished. We'll see.
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