On the brink
Sep. 24th, 2011 09:25 pmI've had a relaxing and reviving couple of weeks: spending time with the wonderful ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
hatam_soferet and a brief appearance by hadassah. Taking advantage of the last week of the long summer vac to set up some major projects that are going to keep me seriously busy once term starts. Then a week's real proper holiday, starting out with seeing angelofthenorth and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gwyddno married, and continuing with introducing jack to the far side of Pembrokeshire where I spent many magical summers as a child. Staying in a cottage with no phone or internet or even mobile coverage, existing in the moment and in the space in a way that's not really been my experience since I found the internet in 1997.
I got back at about 7 this evening. I have one day to recover and sort everything out, and then chaos descends in the form of a new intake of students (140, plus 7 in year zero for whom I have especial responsibility). And a further 140 second years for whom I am running the opening 8 weeks of their year. And the other work major projects. And it's Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, on Wednesday evening, which means a month of some of the biggest services in the year. I'm pretty much leading all of them, though with a bit more support than I've had in some previous years. (Spiritual prep – forget it! I've barely started on the practical and liturgical preparation!)
So, yeah. I'll make some attempt to skim the past couple of weeks of DW, and declare bankruptcy (or BANKRUPTMYPANTS) on all the other social streams I follow in quieter times. I don't expect to produce much content or even extensive comments until, well, some time in mid-November, honestly.
hatam_soferet and a brief appearance by hadassah. Taking advantage of the last week of the long summer vac to set up some major projects that are going to keep me seriously busy once term starts. Then a week's real proper holiday, starting out with seeing angelofthenorth and gwyddno married, and continuing with introducing jack to the far side of Pembrokeshire where I spent many magical summers as a child. Staying in a cottage with no phone or internet or even mobile coverage, existing in the moment and in the space in a way that's not really been my experience since I found the internet in 1997. I got back at about 7 this evening. I have one day to recover and sort everything out, and then chaos descends in the form of a new intake of students (140, plus 7 in year zero for whom I have especial responsibility). And a further 140 second years for whom I am running the opening 8 weeks of their year. And the other work major projects. And it's Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, on Wednesday evening, which means a month of some of the biggest services in the year. I'm pretty much leading all of them, though with a bit more support than I've had in some previous years. (Spiritual prep – forget it! I've barely started on the practical and liturgical preparation!)
So, yeah. I'll make some attempt to skim the past couple of weeks of DW, and declare bankruptcy (or BANKRUPTMYPANTS) on all the other social streams I follow in quieter times. I don't expect to produce much content or even extensive comments until, well, some time in mid-November, honestly.
