So instead of a "typical day", here is a glimpse at my current to do list as an academic mom.
*Disclaimer: It's summertime not the school year!*
- Fill out overwhelmingly LARGE packet of paperwork for daycare which includes intriguing forms entitled "Child's Personality & Behavior" and "Parent Participation Form"
- Write and send a reminder email asking (begging) participants to complete my survey on Children's Mental Health Literacy if they haven't done so already
- Wash clothes that smell like spit up, poop, and wet dog (this never seems to get crossed off the to do list)
- Get long overdue oil change so car does not blow up. Is it just me or does 3 months seem to role around pretty quickly?
- Send polite (but nagging) reminder email to colleague who is long overdue in sending me edits for a journal article we are writing
- Clean the entire house....or at least the bathrooms and the kitchen where you can see the dirt. :)
- Respond to email from overachieving student who wants to know if she can have the fall syllabus two months early
- Create fall course syllabus
- Call doctor about green poop (Evan's not mine)
- Develop fantastic National Institute of Health grant application that will give me research funding for years to come, make me world famous, and most importantly ensure I get tenure (Gotta have a few motivating, lofty goals on the do list)
- Print some of the hundreds of pictures of Evan we've taken
- Use pictures to finish making Evan an absolutely fabulous baby book
- Set up course websites for fall courses
- Take out the trash (Also gotta have some easy ones on here!)
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