These are THEORETICALLY the dates all this stuff will occur on.
August
Sun - 15th to Sat - 21st - Fly to Tucson, AZ to go observing at Kitt Peak National Observatory!!!
Mon - 23rd - CLASSES BEGIN for Fall term
Sun - 29th - Moving Day!!! -- went pretty well - thanks Raj!!
A little observing diary :)
Sat - 21st - Mom's Birthday!!
- meet with Dick then with Angela and Kevin about lab coordinating
Tue - 24th - 3:10 p.m. - my first piano class :)
Wed - 25th - 10:00 a.m. - the First TA Meeting!! -- went well I think
- 2:30 p.m. - the First TA Meeting!! -- RESCHEDULED to 10 a.m. due to sudden class change :(
- 3:00 p.m. - Seminar starts today! -- oops, no it didn't :(
- moving to my new office :)
Mon - 30th - Labs start this week!!!
September
Thu - 2nd - 2:30 p.m. - first regular TA meeting -- went pretty well...
Mon - 6th - Sister Svaya's birthday :)
Solar Observing this week - 11:30 a.m. in Plaza -- since Hurricane Ivan is coming, the weather is sucking so far... -- well, I totally cancelled it :(
Nighttime observing this week - 8:30 p.m. in Kell -- Did on Monday - lovely night
Wed - 29th - Seester leaves on a jet plane :( -- CHANGED to Oct. 1 due to Hurricane Ivan
- LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - No school!!!
Tue - 7th - 3:30 - Colloquium on Teaching Critical Thinking (but I have class!!!) :( -- turned out to be a waste of time anyways so lucky me!
Wed - 8th - 1:00 p.m. - Substitute for Kevin's 1020 Lab
Thu - 9th - 2:30 p.m. - TA meeting
- 4:30 p.m. - First Astronomy Club Meeting!
Fri - 10th - 5:30 p.m. - Meet with Angela, John, Ellyn to figure out the quantities of food for HLCO BBQ
- 6:00 p.m. - Tabetha's housewarming party!!!
Sat - 11th - HLCO Barbeque!!! -- went quite nicely :)
Tue - 14th - Piano class got cancelled!! There are new keyboards but there is a missing part and they don't work :(
Wed - 15th - Seester Tyan might be starting the drive down here??? Whee!!! :) - well, she'll be starting down later - damn Hurricane Ivan :(
Thu - 16th - 10:00 a.m. - meet with Doug
- Piano - TEST #1 - my time is 3:40 -- I got a 97% :)
Fri - 17th - 3:30 p.m. - Telescope building
Tue - 21st - 10:30 a.m. - meet with Doug
- Seester should finally get here :)
Wed - 22nd - 12 noon - substitute for Angela's 1010 lab (she's observing in AZ)
Fri - 24th - 4:00 p.m. - AstroClub movie!!
- 7ish - Goin' out to the Braves/Marlins game with Astrograds
Sat - 25th - JapanFest at Stone Mountain -- very cool :)
- Teaching - meet with physicists
- 1 p.m. - Sub for Kevin's lab - he's in Chile
October
Fri - 1st - Seester leaves on a jet plane :(
Mon - 4th - My boy leaves for Florida
Solar Observing with AstroClub this week! (too bad I'll be gone...) -- got CANCELLED anyways - too cloudy
Sun - 17th - I get back from Arizona :)
Tue - 26th - 12:25 p.m. - Volleyball Team captain meeting! (all of a sudden I am captain)
- 10 a.m. - substitute for Chris' 1010 lab (he's in Baltimore)
Wed - 6th - 12 noon - substitute for Angela's 1010 lab (she's observing in AZ but a different run!)
Thu - 7th - morning - meet with Doug
- Piano - TEST 2 - 3:30 p.m. -- got 96% :)
- 4:30 p.m. - Astronomy Club meeting
Mon - 11th - I leave for Kitt Peak in Arizona again :) Yay! More observing! -- this time's observing diary
Wed - 13th - My boy comes back!!
Nighttime Observing with AstroClub this week! -- CANCELLED again - too cloudy
Mon - 18th - Justin's Birthday!!
- Angela's Birthday!
Tue - 19th - 7:30 p.m. - Observing with my students -- POSTPONED - too cloudy
Wed - 20th - 7:30 p.m. - Observing with my students -- POSTPONED - too cloudy
Fri - 22nd - 3:30 p.m. - Telescope Painting! -- not much done because we have no wood putty :(
- 1 p.m. - meeting for AstroClub budget
- 5 p.m. - Volleyball practice (we unexpectedly got a court!) -- oh, I shall be quite sore :(
Wed - 27th - Teaching - do Rotation of Mercury
Thu - 28th - 1 p.m. - Final meeting about AstroClub budget -- yay! our budget is in!
Fri - 29th - 4 p.m. - AstroClub Movie! - "The Day After Tomorrow" -- not as bad as I thought...
Sat - 30th - Halloween blow-out at Wes's place!! -- much fun had by all :) -- here is a collection of pictures (captions will come)
- Spring forward, fall back - OFF Daylight Saving
Sun - 31st - HALLOWEEN!! - 7:00 p.m. - Atlanta Ballet's production of 'Dracula' -- quite good :) Dark, but good
November
Mon - 1st - 7:30 p.m. - Observing with my students -- yay! it was clear
Solar Observing this week!! -- done on Monday :) Very nice
Tue - 16th - 1:00 p.m. - Meet with Doug about research
Tue - 23rd to Fri - 27th - NO CLASSES - Thanksgiving holidays -- so very very stuffed :)
Make-up lab week!
Tue - 2nd - 11:00 a.m. - Meet with Treasurer Angela and Secretary Ellyn to discuss AstroClub meeting agenda
- 1:00 p.m. - Meet with Doug - POSTPONED til after my Piano Test
- 1:15 p.m. - Piano - TEST 3!! -- did pretty well - go 96% :)
- 4:30 p.m. - Astronomy Club meeting
- 6:45 p.m. - First Volleyball game!! -- turns out it was a "practice" night
- 7:45 p.m. - Observing with my students (was 7:00) -- POSTPONED - very rainy!
Wed - 3rd - weep bitterly over the state of the nation :(
- 6:30 p.m. - Volleyball scrimmaging again (if my team can show up)
Fri - 5th - 3:30 p.m. - AstroClub Telescope painting -- turned out to have no stain - oh well
- 8:00 p.m. - Indian dance performance of "Gajimuka" -- pretty cool :)
I'm Pop Wench this week!!
Tue - 9th - 1:00 p.m. - Meet with Doug about research
- 3:30 p.m. - Angela and Kevin give their Ph.D. prospectus talks -- had to skip out on part of piano :(
- 7:00 p.m. - Observing with my students -- only had 10, but that's okay - couldn't find anything though :(
- 8:15 p.m. - Volleyball game vs. the Blue Jays -- we didn't show up cuz people would have had to skip class :(
Wed - 10th - Teaching - do Quest for Object X
- 7:30 p.m. - Volleyball game vs. the Blue Jays -- we won 2 games to zero
Fri - 12th or Sat - 13th - Messier 10K out at Hard Labor Creek -- CANCELLED due to crappy weather :( :(
Wed - 17th - 6:45 and 7:30 p.m. - Volleyball games!! - the 7:30 one is versus our archnemesis, The Astros!!! -- we won-ded both of our matches :) We crushed the Astros (who weren't playing with a full compliment anyways :( - they found a couple of strays)
Thu - 18th - 6:30ish p.m. - Sub for Tabby's class! -- went just fine
Tue - 30th - 1:00 p.m. - Meet with Doug about research -- POSTPONED due to proposal (due on 12/1)
December
Wed - 1st - Proposal for innovative teaching due!!
Mon - 6th - we find out if I got the grant - that is SUPER-FAST turn-around! -- I got the grant :) :) :)
Mon - 13th to Fri - 17th - Finals week
- 6:00 p.m. - volleyball game -- we won 2 games to 0
Thu - 2nd - 10:00 a.m. - meet with Doug about research
- Volleyball tournament - 6:00 p.m. - Semi-final game VS. THE ASTROS!! -- we won 2-0 :)
- Volleyball tournament - 7:00 p.m. - Championship game VS. the V-ballers -- WE WON!! 2-0 - we are now INTRAMURAL CHAMPIONS!!! :)
Fri - 3rd - 4:00 p.m. - AstroClub Movie - by decree, it is "Blade Runner" -- you know, that is a gross movie :(
My bathroom floor is separating from the rest of the house!! pictures
Tue - 7th - 1:00 p.m. - Meet with Doug about research
Wed - 8th - Lab grades due
Thu - 9th - 1:20 p.m. - FINAL in Piano -- did pretty well, but I know I can do better - I'm gonna get an A I'm sure
Fri - 10th - Last day of classes
- 2:00 p.m. - Reception for Mini-Grant recipients :) -- it seems I can schmoose decently
Sun - 12th - 7:00 p.m. - performance of "Noh-Kyogen" - ancient Japanese theater -- good, but a little odd for my western sensibilities. Maybe I don't get it...
Tue - 14th - 1:00 p.m. - Meet with Doug about research
- 4:00 p.m. - dink around playing volleyball :)
Wed - 15th - 2:00 p.m. - Halo2 Fragfest!! (brought to us by the "Post Semester Relaxation and Stress Relief Organization")
Thu - 16th - 4:00 p.m. - more volleyball dinking around :) -- only 5 people showed :(
Fri - 17th - have all TA evaluations typed up!!
- 1:30 p.m. - Department Holiday Party
Mon - 20th - Leave for the Midwest with Justin :)
Sun - 25th - CHRISTMAS DAY!!!
January
Tue - 4th - Return from Midwest :( :)
Mon - 10th - Classes start!!!
Tue - 11th - 11:00 a.m. - Meeting for PRISM mini-grant recipients (that's me!)
- 5:30 p.m. - MY FIRST CLASS!!! Augh!
Old Master Calendars:
Summer 2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Summer 2003
Spring 2003
Fall 2002