Slackery.
Wednesdays are great days. Though I had section this morning, and it was sort of just alright. For some reason, that section is sort of… slackery. They only sort of of half did their homeworks, half participated in class, and only one or two kids really seem to care at all. A couple fell asleep, which is par for the course. My Friday section just seems sharper and more with it. But as I said, section was passable, and I got through it, and really 50 minutes a week is nothing I should be losing sleep about. Though I did have a total anxiety dream this morning that everything I wrote on my board was jibberish and I mixed all my examples up and everyone snuck out of the room but a few kids at the end. A complete mess! Thankfully section was not nearly that bad!
After section I always feel really free, even though I’m already running late for cogneuro. Class was great, we had a guest lecture from a professor who is also heading up the “ERP Bootcamp” Lewis and I are attending this summer. His lecture was great, his research was interesting, and he was really open to questions. It’s interesting to be taking this cogneuro class which is being treated essentially like a weekly rotating seminar. I’m getting at least a taste of all the major labs at the Center, and who is doing research on what. Very neat. Also heard from my lab professor today, and I’m feeling well relaxed about our plans. He’s been on vacation and I was worried I was being lazy, but it turns out he’s really busy, and I think working by myself for now is probably best for both of us.
The rest of my day was great – hit up the gym, had a really delicious salad for dinner, watched episode three of our Masterpiece Theater adventure, read two and a half papers, and graded my Friday section’s homework. So good! It’s been a good, relaxed, productive day. Yep. Oh! I also forgot to blog about summer jobs – Lewis and I both got minimal employment with the department for part of summer, which when I put it that way, sounds lame. But realistically, I hadn’t been holding out getting any work this summer, and a TAing gig for each of us is fantastic. Minimal work, minimal pay, but a little bit of cash flow is just what I could have hoped for. And it’s within the school at that! All is well.