The usual update

Well, I actually got work done today. And I spent a bit over an hour puzzling through another chapter of Mishna Brura with Matt. Tell me, has anyone ever heard a rooster crow before midnight? That stuff is confusing as heck, but it's amusing in its own way as well. Or maybe it's just that we're so lost studying it, that it turns out to be amusing, just to break the tension.

On more serious thoughts, (sort of) I found out that I shan't be gabbay next semester. Phil called yesterday afternoon and told me. He was very ncie about it- I give him serious kudos for managing everyone's nerves as well as he's been doing. Well- managing my nerves at least. I don't know about anyone else. We may have our disagreements, but he's been pretty darn good to work with. But in any case, I was a bit upset, in a sort of kvetchy way. Not majoyly upset, but well annoyed. I feel pretty sure that I could have done a good job. basically, I was all set to transition into more work and responsibilities, and I'll be transitioning away from them instead. It's going to feel a bit weird. So I kvetched to some non-Egal related folks, and Shoshana and my mom. Orin caught a little bit of it, and was in some ways more help than he might have thought (or maybe he did know, I certainly couldn't tell). In any case, I'm temporarily pretty resigned to it and not unhappy. Not happy either, but ok with it. The beginning of next semester is likely to be hard. Guess it'll be a good time to fulfill my promise to Simeon about going to Trad once or twice. And well, I'm thinking I'll go talk to Cindy and see if she needs/wants more advance help with high holidays, and I can be Maya, the High Holiday Girl. It made me feel useful, and she is likely to need the help. Even if it was stress: but if I actually knew what I was volunteering for- that wouldn't be so bad. So perhaps some different good will come of this. I'm also vaguely contemplating applying for one of those student-scholar assistantship jobs. Would be good career experience, and some money too... Am I ever going to sleep? Somehow, I'm starting to doubt it. Poor Nathan, I haven't sent him a real letter in a while... I think that might wait for after Thanksgiving at this point. Oh well. We'll see.

The usual update

Well, I actually got work done today. And I spent a bit over an hour puzzling through another chapter of Mishna Brura with Matt. Tell me, has anyone ever heard a rooster crow before midnight? That stuff is confusing as heck, but it's amusing in its own way as well. Or maybe it's just that we're so lost studying it, that it turns out to be amusing, just to break the tension.

On more serious thoughts, (sort of) I found out that I shan't be gabbay next semester. Phil called yesterday afternoon and told me. He was very ncie about it- I give him serious kudos for managing everyone's nerves as well as he's been doing. Well- managing my nerves at least. I don't know about anyone else. We may have our disagreements, but he's been pretty darn good to work with. But in any case, I was a bit upset, in a sort of kvetchy way. Not majoyly upset, but well annoyed. I feel pretty sure that I could have done a good job. basically, I was all set to transition into more work and responsibilities, and I'll be transitioning away from them instead. It's going to feel a bit weird. So I kvetched to some non-Egal related folks, and Shoshana and my mom. Orin caught a little bit of it, and was in some ways more help than he might have thought (or maybe he did know, I certainly couldn't tell). In any case, I'm temporarily pretty resigned to it and not unhappy. Not happy either, but ok with it. The beginning of next semester is likely to be hard. Guess it'll be a good time to fulfill my promise to Simeon about going to Trad once or twice. And well, I'm thinking I'll go talk to Cindy and see if she needs/wants more advance help with high holidays, and I can be Maya, the High Holiday Girl. It made me feel useful, and she is likely to need the help. Even if it was stress: but if I actually knew what I was volunteering for- that wouldn't be so bad. So perhaps some different good will come of this. I'm also vaguely contemplating applying for one of those student-scholar assistantship jobs. Would be good career experience, and some money too... Am I ever going to sleep? Somehow, I'm starting to doubt it. Poor Nathan, I haven't sent him a real letter in a while... I think that might wait for after Thanksgiving at this point. Oh well. We'll see.