busy adhod

I have been so busy in the new role / job that I have got at work. It's the first promotion I've had... ever. I'm now deputy head of the dept and, as t'h says, for the first time in my life, I seem to have an actual job. As in, I now have to read my emails and respond to them. I have stuff to do all the time, in between teaching and on the weekends. There are endless fires to put out. I am discovering that people exist in my institution of whose existence I never dreamed of with (non-academic) job titles I couldn't have invented. And I've been at that place for 14 years.

A snapshot: Tomorrow I will

• collate answers from an email I sent around last week about the new virtual learning environment and compile them into a report for the dean
• follow up the rejection of seven EU transfer students who can't be admitted this year because of the government cap on students
• continue to check the timetable rooming forms for next semester
• meet with my line manager
• read the validation documents for the new degree in sports journalism at our regional franchise
• teach 3 hours of Bollywood (yay)
• write my re-sit exam
• send round an email to colleagues about a proposed new feedback coversheet; explain why I resist this new sheet; propose my own alternative; scan in all coversheets and attach them to email

And that's just a percentage.

Plus, I have a 5,000 paper to deliver by next Tuesday, arghhhh!!! I've drafted 2,500 words. And I have to order the illustrations! Argh.

In other news: my Hindi teacher informed me that I have now covered all the basic grammar and that I can go on to read texts. First text in Hindi script: Enid Blyton's Famous Five!!! I am reading about Julian, Ann, Dick and George in Hindi! *sort of falls over*

Love you all and wish I could be around more...!

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