Small Good Things (midterm edition)

1. LG had swimming lessons this morning, during which time I graded papers.
2. LG is at a birthday party, during which time I am grading papers.
3. The two letters of rec I needed to do for former students on the job market took me a grand total of 30 minutes to revise. The ones from last year were better than I remembered.
4. The editors for the student journal I oversee get their shit done on time.
5. By Monday I might actually be caught up with everything except my own writing, but since I have a grant proposal due next week, I see actual writing time in my near future.
6. (And a nonacademic bonus: It's 2-3dpo and I have not curled up in a little ball and cried. Maybe having acupuncture the day of an IUI was a good thing.)

Must get LG at 3:00. Must grade more. Bye.