I survived

[cornerofmadness]

I'm too tired however to do the friday fandom nonsense. You can have that tomorrow maybe. Still have those novel edits to get through.

It wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. Here are the pluses

1. Pay raise. Woo hoo. I'm making 67k (my parents - we thought you made 70K. I have no idea why you would)

2. the school is doing pretty well

3. we got a last minute organic chem prof (because her school shuttered last week and screwed those students and the faculty because seriously if you knew you didn't have enough $$$ to make it one more semester shouldn't you have let them all time to find other places to go)

4. the new dorm is underway

5. my building finally got the new furniture I was begging for.

6. no bench warrant for my arrest. They said just fill out your question sheet and mail it back, whatever.


Bad things

1. no sleep

2. no books came in for students

3. AI nightmares on the horizon (though also ways we can use AI)

4. Two of our buildings were broken into, all the senior research posters sliced to hell in my building and the education buildings new paint job was covered in graffitied dicks (as was the doors)

5. we have no security systems/cameras and I work late sometimes so now I'm not too comfortable.

6. The construction took up two parking lots not one. No one knows where we're going to park and instead of letting us park along the building they're instituting fines (though I know why) we need more parking. We have 3 handicapped spots for 2 buildings. If they think I'll take a devil may care attitude should I fall if I have to park across campus and walk because there's no handicapped spots they are mistaken

Comments

[sperrywink]

Yay for pay raise!

[cornerofmadness]

it was nice

[spikedluv]

Yay for pay raise and no bench warrant for your arrest!

Yikes for having to walk so far. Is there a law about how many handicapped spots you need for X many people that you can force them to follow even during this construction time?

[cornerofmadness]

Been tilting at that legal thing for years. I'm stuck between admin's you're not an expert and the fear that if I open that can my school gets shut down and I'll be like that chem prof suddenly jobless mid semester

[shanachie_quill]

Wait... I make almost as much as you?! Wow... did not see that coming.

Yay on no warrent!

Boo on all the bad things.

[cornerofmadness]

Most small college professors make less than K-12 teachers. It's sad

[shanachie_quill]

Honestly the amount ANY teacher/educator makes is sad.

[cornerofmadness]

no arguing that. (Though in PA they're paid pretty well. My aunt retired after teaching for 30 years gets almost as much as I do working

[shanachie_quill]

I think we get 60% of our highest pay for our retirement so I'll be saving some money. If I can.

[cornerofmadness]

Good luck (we get nothing other than what we put in our 401K)

[shanachie_quill]

That bites. I need to figure something else out.

[cornerofmadness]

good luck

[under_the_silk_tree]

Congrats on the pay raise. You deserve it!

I'm sorry about the break-in at your school. Graffitied dicks really? Like Why? Hopefully, they can cover the graffiti up, so you guys don't have to see it every day.

[cornerofmadness]

thanks.

I suspect local h.s. kids did the dicks (or at least I hope so) they may have to replace the doors