The Week in Review
Sunday, March 1st, 2009It was a decent week. There’s a review 
Actually, it was a decent week. Students were all good; everything went well at work. Friday, we had a short in-service (we never have short in-services.) All good.
We’re doing a campus wide common reader..called Them by Nathan McCall, and he was our speaker Friday. Now, the problem I have is I don’t think Them is a very good novel. I find the characters stereotypical, and I find the novel itself a bit misogynistic. I also think it’s a bit heavy-handed, but it’s a first novel so that is too be somewhat expected. This means, however, I went into in-service less than thrilled. Mr. McCall surpised–he is a very good speaker. He kept us interested and stayed on topic. He made me want to read his memoir Makes Me Want to Holler; alas, he did not make me want to read Them. It will languish on my bookshelf unread.
Then again, it was a bit hard to hear Mr. McCall since my freaking left ear is stuffed up. Since I had chronic ear infections a few years back, I am worried about what’s going on with it. So worried in fact that I have a doctor’s appointment to see what’s going on. Hopefully, it’s just a massive wax clog, but I am doing nothing until I know what it is. I’ll work from there. I’ll probably leave tomorrow with a new cholesterol medicine prescription too. Oh joy.
I have a story rattling around in my clogged head, but it’s not ready to come out yet. I hope it’s ready soon!