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Nov. 14th, 2003 07:05 pmMy booboos still hurt. The scraped skin on the heel of my hand is now dry and dead and manages to get stuck on everything it touchs, but the spot is still to sore to go after those pesky things with a nail scissors. The road rash on my knee is pulling as it heals itself. When i stay too long with my knee in one position, it pulls and breaks and bleeds when i stand up and begin to walk. Last night i made the mistake of turning on my stomach, in my sleep, i think, and when i moved my leg over to touch Master i broke the scrape open. Good thing the linnen is not white this week. Master took pity on me and changed it Himself after my little akkident.
i did go out and ride though, today. Bandages on my hand and knee. One fell off the knee and by the time i got home i had a damp bloody stain on that pant leg. i showered and put on a dress. It was hell's own time keeping the dog from sticking his nose on my knee to check it out. i had to put long pants on for dinner. We ate outside and it was too cool and windy for a sundress. What is it about pork ribs in Kuwait during Ramadan that makes them taste sooooo darned good?
The exciting news is that i have had a proposal accepted at a conference in March. i haven't presented at a conference since i was in Taiwan. There just isn't the incentive to do it here, like there was at the uni there. It will be a workshop, backed up by a paper on student self assessment of writing. Already got the students working on their part, now i have to come up with a self-assessment instrument, do the analysis of the results and write the paper. Along with that, i have to decide how to present the workshop.
i think Master will be going along with me on this trip. That will be fun, it is my first trip to Dubai. i hope the university doesn't dock my salary for this. i am not considered in the higher echelon of academia at KU, therefore am not eligible for grants and funding and such. i will work on Abdullah to see if he can't swing some magic my way.
This has happened rather quickly, since i only sent in my proposal Wednesday, and i don't think it meets the general topic of the conference. Makes me think there is not too big a turn out for this thing this year. Oh well, size doesn't matter when it sits on the CV.
Got an interesting email today from an old friend in Taiwan. Telling me not to worry about her daughter who went to school with my son. Said she and her husband had known about the situation since last March, and the daughter had been put on probation with full pay from that time till now. But, in the news yesterday it was announced that she is being charged and has been terminated. Of course, that got me crazy on the hunt of WTF she was talking about. Did a little research on the internet and found the first story released back March and the one released yesterday. i wonder what will happen to her? i'm pretty sure her amazing career has been shot down the tubes, no one likes a whistle blower. On the other hand, i admire the heck out of her courage. Of course add to this the fact that she has an Arab or Egyptian husband, or he is from somewhere over here, she could be in a whole world of hurt for a very long time. Suspect for a long time. She maintains she did not accept money for what she did. i believe that. i know her. My son dated her. She can't have changed so much in 10 years.
i did go out and ride though, today. Bandages on my hand and knee. One fell off the knee and by the time i got home i had a damp bloody stain on that pant leg. i showered and put on a dress. It was hell's own time keeping the dog from sticking his nose on my knee to check it out. i had to put long pants on for dinner. We ate outside and it was too cool and windy for a sundress. What is it about pork ribs in Kuwait during Ramadan that makes them taste sooooo darned good?
The exciting news is that i have had a proposal accepted at a conference in March. i haven't presented at a conference since i was in Taiwan. There just isn't the incentive to do it here, like there was at the uni there. It will be a workshop, backed up by a paper on student self assessment of writing. Already got the students working on their part, now i have to come up with a self-assessment instrument, do the analysis of the results and write the paper. Along with that, i have to decide how to present the workshop.
i think Master will be going along with me on this trip. That will be fun, it is my first trip to Dubai. i hope the university doesn't dock my salary for this. i am not considered in the higher echelon of academia at KU, therefore am not eligible for grants and funding and such. i will work on Abdullah to see if he can't swing some magic my way.
This has happened rather quickly, since i only sent in my proposal Wednesday, and i don't think it meets the general topic of the conference. Makes me think there is not too big a turn out for this thing this year. Oh well, size doesn't matter when it sits on the CV.
Got an interesting email today from an old friend in Taiwan. Telling me not to worry about her daughter who went to school with my son. Said she and her husband had known about the situation since last March, and the daughter had been put on probation with full pay from that time till now. But, in the news yesterday it was announced that she is being charged and has been terminated. Of course, that got me crazy on the hunt of WTF she was talking about. Did a little research on the internet and found the first story released back March and the one released yesterday. i wonder what will happen to her? i'm pretty sure her amazing career has been shot down the tubes, no one likes a whistle blower. On the other hand, i admire the heck out of her courage. Of course add to this the fact that she has an Arab or Egyptian husband, or he is from somewhere over here, she could be in a whole world of hurt for a very long time. Suspect for a long time. She maintains she did not accept money for what she did. i believe that. i know her. My son dated her. She can't have changed so much in 10 years.
