Just Good Things: September 8, 2023

Normally, I share mostly small things in this post. Today, I want to lead with a big one.

​I just submitted my enormous portfolio to begin the faculty promotion process. It was frustrating, tedious, and a rather large PIA - BUT it showed me how awesome I am. There were 18 pages of narrative plus all the supporting material of all the work I completed in the past 4 years. I'm glad it's over but it was a satisfying thing to do. Plus, the two people who wrote me letters of recommendation made me tear up with happiness.

Here's what else was good this week:

• Hubby picked me up from work so I wouldn't melt in the heat wave
• Seeing some extended family I haven't seen in years
• Dinner out on a school night
• A night of really good, deep sleep
• This playlist
• Commiserating with colleagues
• Kiddo surprised me by sleeping in on Saturday
• Splurging for a hotel room to use their pool during the heat wave
• Had a fun question on the reference desk
• Snack bags of chips

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