Rolling Rolling Rolling

Saw this little buddy outside the library a few days ago on one of my walks. Back to grading and working in general. We'll see if a break comes next week sometime.

There are days when you just want to be an Art-Deco Statue

Isn't he handsome? He's a statue in the fountain in front of a train station in St. Louis, the fountain statue group is supposed to represent the meeting of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. I might be using him in my proposal for new protective coatings for bronze statues for a class. But his facial expression agrees with mine. Three sets of lab reports and one set of homeworks to grade for tomorrow, oh my!

And We're Back

Marathon grading and trying to get other things done too. Finished grading midterms and am on to the lab reports. Piles and piles. Shown here is a pic from spring break in St. Louis though. Why are breaks never really restful?

TGIF

I'm ready for the beginning of Spring Break!!!!

Enter Boomer

I'd like to introduce you to Boomer. He is the hamster that has managed to get out of each and every cage I've bought for him. The last time he got out I found him in my room next to my bed. That has encouraged SmokeyJo in the belief that I will be shanked in the middle of the night by Boomer. I am his jailer after all. I still haven't figured out how he got out the last time, for the record. He's biding his time right now. . .

Prepping Poster

In an effort to put our names out there and to get the science students to realize that no, they really don't have a monopoly on scientific analysis/techniques, SmokyJo and I are putting together a poster for our conservation science program. The theme behind it are the imaging techniques that we use to analyze historically and culturally important objects or works. Somedays the semantics kill me. Oh, and to explain why the first sentence is dripping with annoyance, the science salon is having a talk on Thursday about declaring war on the "softer" sciences in the humanities and teaching us all how to do "real" science. We are going to be in attendence, heckling.

Waiting

Need to work on my paper for class, but am waiting for students to show up for review session. Hour two and no one's shown. Watched some tv, taking the time as a break.

Tick-Tock

I need to turn in an application by 5. I'm running out of time. BAH!

Overcast(burdened)

I'm trying to focus on classes, teach effectively and prepare for this summer by applying for opportunites. It's amazing how much time that all takes. And people wonder why I take so many pictures of flowers, I need to remember to "smell the roses" on occasion.

Busy is as Busy does

I have little to no time to do anything that I really need to do, or anything that I had planned to do, my week is disappearing quickly. I want to go back to when days felts like years and minutes like hours! In honor of that I thought I'd post this picture taken while I was shopping for a present for a friend's baby shower.