countdown

We're getting near the end of semester! I have only:

• 5 more class sessions with my undergrads
• 2 more class sessions with my graduate students

And, yes, I'm counting. Let's see, what else can I count?

• 3 thesis defenses (and theses to read)
• 5 letters of recommendation to write
• 55 papers to grade
  
• 29 final exams
  
• 3 committee meetings
  
• 1 department meeting
  
• 2 department parties (one day, one evening)

I'm sure there's more, but that's a start. Oddly comforting to get it all down numerically. It seems much more manageable.