Preventive measures

Working from home today in the hope of killing off a cold in time for student registration and induction, which rather alarmingly start tomorrow. Apparently summer has finished. Tell that to all my flowers that are desperately straining their buds and scanning the skies for the most momentary of sunbursts. Lots of rota juggling, calendar filling up so fast and so comprehensively that I may have to ask an equestrian colleague to supply use with ready-filled team nosebags. Should I start pencilling in my bathroom breaks or do I just cross my legs and hum the Marseillaise?

Actual proper classes what are supposed to make sense start all too soon – revisiting presentations, worksheets, demos etc and have the familiar sense of having far too much to say and far too little time. Trying to forget everything I ever knew about Athens (which wasn’t much) but keep catching myself out with off campus access and such delectable joys.

A busy week for CDG Officers, who met on Monday for a marathon agenda which inevitably overran, merging seamlessly into an unexpectedly pink bottle of Pinot Grigo (Pinot Barbie perhaps? Another hint at a summer we never knew?). Lots going on – our Seal of Recognition application has now been submitted and we wait with bated breath… team is shaping up for 2009 and though it is always sad to say goodbye to those who have worked alongside us and shared all the highs and lows, it’s exciting to look forweard to fresh eyes and talents on the committee… Umbrella is less than a year away and our programme is fuller than ever… on the down side, various organisations are falling over themselves to gain entry into our coveted Basement of Doom, whence are consigned the uncooperative, elusive, rude and downright incompetent bodies we occasionally find oursleves dealing with. Yes I know I shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition, but. End of.