Wow, Meagan, that's a sobering article. I knew I shouldn't look, but I had to.
The job market has hijacked my dissertation (as I think I've mentioned) and my writing sample still needs quite a bit of work. I've been a little side tracked by some non-academic stuff: primarily a ruptured disc in my lower back. I found out last week that I'm going to need back surgery -- I'm mildly freaked about the surgery itself, but also freaked about the recovery time: 4-6 weeks. As ALL of you know, I can't take 4-6 weeks off. Can you imagine? I mean, if I could take a 6 week vacation where the world basically stopped so that deadlines weren't creeping up, I'd be all for it. If I ever find a way to make that happen, y'all will be the first to know. Until then, I'm hoping that after a week recovery time I'll be able to get back to work, but I need to get that writing sample done before the surgery.
Granted, I've been saying that for a few weeks now. Gotta get my butt in gear here people. Butt in gear.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Sobering
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3 comments:
please, be careful! we all understand the urgency of the job market and the demands of deadlines. but your health is not something to mess around with. if the docs say 4-6 weeks, i hardly think that a week of recovery will suffice.
Take care, Abby. Chris is right: your health is so much more important than any deadline. And one week? I can't imagine that would be enough. Sending you tons o'good vibes.
Thanks both for your thoughts and concerns. I should be more specific. I'm supposed to be up and walking a bit in the first week and then up and walking more and more after that. I absolutely don't plan to head back to work in a week -- I just think I can probably stuff a few envelopes. I'm trying to get everything done and printed so that, after a week in bed, I can literally put paper in envelopes and feel like I'm actually doing something. Does that make sense?
I'm hoping to be able to do short periods of typing after a week or two, but nothing major. I certainly won't be back to full speed for at least a month, but it's important for recovery that I don't just stay in bed for a month.
But don't worry, I'm lazy by nature. I certainly won't push too hard! :)
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