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+title: Deadlines
+date: '2007-09-30T10:25:19-04:00'
+permalink: /deadlines/
+tags:
+    - 'to do'
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+Here’s where I’ve been, and where I’ll continue to be for a bit yet:
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+- Due early last week: invites to speakers for spring symposium; completed.
+- Due late last week: a chunk of grading for both of my classes; completed. (At least until the next chunk of grading, which is coming due soon.)
+- Due last Friday: a response to a set of reviews of my book (coming soon to a blog post near you); completed.
+- Due Monday: my assigned chunks of a big grant narrative being jointly written with some colleagues; completed (but the entire thing will need some putting together and polish yet).
+- Due Monday: a big, high-stakes internal proposal on behalf of my program; completed (though may need revision).
+- Due Monday: student letter of recommendation number 1; completed.
+- Due Monday: book review for new online publication (about which more later); still reading the book.
+- Due next week: student letters of recommendation numbers 2 and 3; not yet begun.
+- Due by the end of next week: a very significant review letter for a colleague at another institution; reading in progress but writing not yet begun.
+- Due week after next: a letter of recommendation for a former student applying for a grant; not even on the radar screen yet.
+- Due sometime very shortly after that: a peer review for a journal; barely even on the list of priorites at the moment.
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+And this of course does not even begin to account for little things like, say, preparing to teach my classes tomorrow, or doing the reading I need to get done for a small research colloquium I’m participating in.
+
+I’m going back under. See you when I next get to breathe.
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