cornerofmadness

I had my performance review. It went well but I already knew that it would. That wasn't concerning me at all. What I needed to know and I still only half know is, will my first three non-tenure years count towards my tenure.

The answer is I could petition the tenure committee to let me go before them now counting them making this my fourth and tenure review year. Um...problems? I didn't think those years would count (since that's what I was told) and it has to be done by Mid-November...Now I DO have all my reviews and a letter or two from a student and if I ride them, I could get faculty recs that fast.

The problem is, because I was told they probably wouldn't count, other faculty were put in charge of things that 'look good in the faculty portfolio' and I was to wait my turn in my department. now i have done a few things but not enough to be impressive even if I could work up treatments on all of that in time.

I need to talk to the tenure committee. It might be possible to get an extension taking it to Nov 2009. That would be much better all the way around. (especially if I do plan on trying to leave. Leaving tenure always looks a bit...odd). If I don't do this now, I can't go before the tenure board until my fourth year on THIS track in 2012. Bangs head on wall.

the good news is this is the first day I haven't been utterly exhausted all week. Guess the iron pills are working. (dumb ass, i forgot to buy more)

Tried to breed more dragons. They bred but no eggs...I think Roy and Riza (trying to get that gold egg) was SAD because out of their four babies only mine survived.