Comments on: Mid-semester exhaustion http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/ life, life in science, miscellaneous thoughts Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: msphd http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-688 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:48:01 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-688 "Tired of figuring out how to go over, under, around, and behind people to get things done. " I feel this way too, and worst of all, it is my biggest problem and I suck at it. Would love it if you would blog about this particular part of your job and how you deal with it. Oh and please send me a link when you do! Hope you feel better by now. I totally sympathize with the slumlord thing. But the stupid students? I don't get it. Why are they like that? “Tired of figuring out how to go over, under, around, and behind people to get things done. ”

I feel this way too, and worst of all, it is my biggest problem and I suck at it. Would love it if you would blog about this particular part of your job and how you deal with it. Oh and please send me a link when you do!

Hope you feel better by now. I totally sympathize with the slumlord thing. But the stupid students? I don’t get it. Why are they like that?

]]> by: drshellie http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-679 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:39:10 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-679 Lysol, sprayed directly on ants and also across paths and entry points. I bought some traps today as well. Lysol, sprayed directly on ants and also across paths and entry points. I bought some traps today as well.

]]> by: Lab Lemming http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-677 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:42:25 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-677 What did you use for the ants? What did you use for the ants?

]]> by: drshellie http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-676 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:32:12 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-676 Yes, in fact i do have a thing to turn the knob (a semi-straightened picture hook) and an oven thermometer inside. So I turn the picture hook until I see the gas light up, and then monitor the oven temperature. Weirdly though, it doesn't seem linear, because to get the broiler to turn on, I need to adjust it to the middle of the range of motion. Which is very odd indeed, because the broil setting is usually at the highest temperature. Not sure what's going on with that. Yes, in fact i do have a thing to turn the knob (a semi-straightened picture hook) and an oven thermometer inside. So I turn the picture hook until I see the gas light up, and then monitor the oven temperature. Weirdly though, it doesn’t seem linear, because to get the broiler to turn on, I need to adjust it to the middle of the range of motion. Which is very odd indeed, because the broil setting is usually at the highest temperature. Not sure what’s going on with that.

]]> by: Lab Lemming http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-674 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:14:26 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-674 If you have a pair of locking pliers, that might render the oven functional- you just might have a bit of trouble seeing what temp you are set at... Is there any way you can organize your students to form their own study groups so that they help each other instead of asking you? If you have a pair of locking pliers, that might render the oven functional- you just might have a bit of trouble seeing what temp you are set at…

Is there any way you can organize your students to form their own study groups so that they help each other instead of asking you?

]]> by: drshellie http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-673 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:37:28 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-673 LL, I did just eliminate a network of ant trails all on my own... LL, I did just eliminate a network of ant trails all on my own…

]]> by: skookumchick http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-672 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:25:21 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-672 OMG I so hear you... OMG I so hear you…

]]> by: Lab Lemming http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-670 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:35:35 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-670 I hear that houses are fairly cheap to buy these days in the US- then you could have to fix all those things yourself. I hear that houses are fairly cheap to buy these days in the US- then you could have to fix all those things yourself.

]]> by: drshellie http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-669 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:04:09 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-669 One problem solved: I got two space heaters out of the management company. One problem solved: I got two space heaters out of the management company.

]]> by: ecogeofemme http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-668 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:22:23 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/10/14/mid-semester-exhaustion-2/#comment-668 Your apartment manager sounds like a jerk. blah. So sorry you're feeling so bad right now. I hope things turn around soon. Your apartment manager sounds like a jerk. blah.

So sorry you’re feeling so bad right now. I hope things turn around soon.

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