tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post6364319271608503161..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Five Things Friday: A Movie, A Book, Some Tulips, and an Impending Event or Two . . . materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-70296202344863676412015-04-13T11:09:50.077-07:002015-04-13T11:09:50.077-07:00Thank you very much for this insight. Working part...Thank you very much for this insight. Working part time and smelling the flowers is the most attractive path to me but you're right about the treatment and the pay for sessional instructors. But then they don't get involved in the politics and the endless meetings - so nothing is perfect... And how boring life would be if it were. <br /><br />I really appreciate your advice on thisCerinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-50445416382071663202015-04-13T06:16:40.542-07:002015-04-13T06:16:40.542-07:00It does help the tolerance level if you know it...It does help the tolerance level if you know it's the last time doing something, doesn't it?<br />I'll be curious to know what you think of the film. Perhaps reservations about the ending, but I don't want to spoil so will say no more. . . I hope you'll enjoy it.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-25403587762289057772015-04-13T06:15:21.830-07:002015-04-13T06:15:21.830-07:00You really do have to be deliberate about those br...You really do have to be deliberate about those breaks, if you can. In retrospect, I should have been better about that and preserved energy. I'll be curious to see if your change of direction gives you a big lift. My grandpa used to repeat that "A change is as good as a rest"materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-77518032779506239212015-04-13T06:12:35.733-07:002015-04-13T06:12:35.733-07:00I started my "proper" early-career ac. j...I started my "proper" early-career ac. job at 50, working half-time ABD, finishing my Doc. a couple of years into the job and moving to full-time. I do feel it has been a privilege, but I did wish the treatment of sessional (part-time) instructors was better so that could have been more of an option throughout. If you can manage financially on the part-time work, you have a chance to savour what you're doing, to give it the time you'd like while still having room for the rest of your life. It's privileged work, you're absolutely right, when there is choice.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-91053516117665297912015-04-12T05:15:25.710-07:002015-04-12T05:15:25.710-07:00I'm green with envy! And very curious to see w...I'm green with envy! And very curious to see what your priorities are going to be once you stop working. I took a clue from your post and told myself that there are some things I can already say I'm doing for the last time. Like the very extensive exam papers I have to correct and mark right now. This particular type of paper will not come up again within the next two years!<br />Thanks for the film recommendation. I will look out for it - I love films about singing and I love choirs.Eleonorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-78920614041755405392015-04-12T03:58:05.414-07:002015-04-12T03:58:05.414-07:00I am just about to start doing work for the upcomi...I am just about to start doing work for the upcoming week, having deliberately left it over the Easter break. And counted out exactly how many school days there are until late July when I finish teaching. It is coming ever closer. No retirement on horizon but a change of direction to start to plan. How I agree about the encroachment on life in general and degree of expectation. Your excitement is palpable.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784336429060492455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-76332403462333960662015-04-11T15:39:31.971-07:002015-04-11T15:39:31.971-07:00I am so looking forward to your freedom and still ...I am so looking forward to your freedom and still ever so jealous of the grands!<br />LynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-57252094004193781072015-04-11T06:05:58.556-07:002015-04-11T06:05:58.556-07:00Thank you for the recommendations. And your joy a...Thank you for the recommendations. And your joy at your impending retirement is so lovelyMardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-90583001485661564132015-04-11T02:38:31.554-07:002015-04-11T02:38:31.554-07:00The very thought of a Dress Doctor brings on White...The very thought of a Dress Doctor brings on White Coat Syndrome .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-48389733095504992952015-04-11T00:16:03.578-07:002015-04-11T00:16:03.578-07:00I so hear your joy at your impending retirement. H...I so hear your joy at your impending retirement. Here I have landed a 6 hr/ week teaching stint - which is lovely - but i'm agitating about whether to apply for 'proper' early career academic jobs ( at 55)... But keep reminding myself that I sm massively privileged to have such choices. Cerinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-15726315629199955862015-04-10T17:12:29.625-07:002015-04-10T17:12:29.625-07:00We don't seem to get out to movies often eithe...We don't seem to get out to movies often either, Netflix being so very convenient. But in Vancouver, it's a pleasant 15 minute walk to the theatre, and then there's a place with a great pizza oven nearby. . . makes for a reasonably priced, enjoyable date night. I might have known you'd have this book -- I can see it's not bedtime reading, but I agree that it could be perfect for a long flight (in between movies). materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-27658066766846243892015-04-10T17:10:19.483-07:002015-04-10T17:10:19.483-07:00I heard about it on French CBC radio -- I think I ...I heard about it on French CBC radio -- I think I was so pleased at having understood a good part of the interview that I just had to go, and we saw it at the Fifth Avenue Cinema which brings in a great mix. I'll watch your blog to see what you end up reading and watching this weekend. materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-69649990892936606062015-04-10T17:08:42.118-07:002015-04-10T17:08:42.118-07:00The demands just seem to be cranked up more and mo...The demands just seem to be cranked up more and more every year and although we're lucky in our summer time off, I really want to travel in different seasons, impossible in my current job. And yes, the emails!! And the consumption of free time on weekends and evenings. . . so much that I have loved but I'll give it up to have the rest of my life back and I think you'll be glad if you do that as well. I hope that you find making the decision a relief. . . I'll pave the way with all the fun stuff we can do when we walk out of our office doors.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-73411933599406911712015-04-10T17:05:27.873-07:002015-04-10T17:05:27.873-07:00A friend is going to Ottawa next month, and she...A friend is going to Ottawa next month, and she'd never heard of the Tulip Festival! It's so wonderful there once Spring pulls blooms right out of the ground in what seems like hours and you get all that stunning colour. And there are usually some good outdoor concerts as part of the fun, no? Speaking of fun a Turkish-themed dinner party sounds like it could be just that -- is the food built around that theme? what will you serve?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-57819179566800535702015-04-10T17:03:03.774-07:002015-04-10T17:03:03.774-07:00Thanks, L. Enjoy those new books. I'm hoping t...Thanks, L. Enjoy those new books. I'm hoping the rain will clear away so that I can get out into the garden as well. materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-53443266890641998352015-04-10T14:25:10.363-07:002015-04-10T14:25:10.363-07:00Thank you for the Instagram and movie recommendati...Thank you for the Instagram and movie recommendations. We rarely get out to a movie any more, but this definitely looks worth tracking down. Best of luck with those papers. I have that Lost Art Of Dress book on my kindle and tried to start it a few weeks ago, but it's a bit too dry for just-before-bedtime reading. I may tackle it on one of our long flights.Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005855250089328310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-16641926028140290922015-04-10T13:01:54.165-07:002015-04-10T13:01:54.165-07:00Oh! I will have to see that movie. The trailer loo...Oh! I will have to see that movie. The trailer looks excellent. Maman and I like to visit LaConner in the springtime. Your last papers!!! Reading, watching Netflix and walking about town for me. Enjoy!Madame Là-bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703782237948233124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-60113499549321985132015-04-10T12:12:05.112-07:002015-04-10T12:12:05.112-07:00I have decided that barring some cataclysmic event...I have decided that barring some cataclysmic event I will retire after next spring. I still love most of my students and will miss the bright, fresh minds (no grandchildren on the horizon), but the increasing demands (90 exams to grade in three days per the exam schedule this year) are leaving me close to burnout. I want to travel in spring and fall, not answer e-mails at 10:00 at night and be free to work in the garden and read what I want. Thank goodness our savings scheme over the years will make this possible if we are careful. I look forward to following your experience. I hope its wonderful. Love the stories and pictures of the grands so I can enjoy vicariously!<br />Lynn Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-48725093600677026752015-04-10T08:01:52.340-07:002015-04-10T08:01:52.340-07:00And have we told you we're so glad you're ...And have we told you we're so glad you're looking forward to retirement?!?!:)LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-62573215726785355882015-04-10T08:01:00.485-07:002015-04-10T08:01:00.485-07:00Hi Mater, I wonder what your thoughts and feelings...Hi Mater, I wonder what your thoughts and feelings will be when you come to mark that very last exam paper? Lovely post - I've noted the book you mentioned, it sounds interesting. And the tulip photo reminds me of the Tulip Festival here next month - plus, coincidentally, of our dinner club tomorrow evening. We are hosting for the first time and we chose a turkish theme. Of course, there will be tulips (apparently they originated in Turkey).<br /><br />Enjoy your weekend! Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504513116873595049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-37775304772856300552015-04-10T07:34:15.650-07:002015-04-10T07:34:15.650-07:00Oh and congratulations....I hope that you will lov...Oh and congratulations....I hope that you will love retirement...you'll have more to do than you ever thought possible....and with 5 grandchildren, two homes, many hobbies your life will be brimming with goodness :-)hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-35669787165733492022015-04-10T07:32:35.938-07:002015-04-10T07:32:35.938-07:00No big weekend plans...but I have 3 new books on m...No big weekend plans...but I have 3 new books on my shelf, a garden to potter in and a few things to do before I pack for Paris as I leave in a couple of weeks.<br />hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.com