As we say in Academia, 2015/16.
Things I did:
- Got started getting tested for autism
- Coordinated convention stuff for IGDN
- Helped make the case for a quiet room at GenCon
- Taught engineers why communication is important
- Taught music students how writing fits into what they do
- Finished Chill and delivered it to the world
- Got my dissertation prospectus approved and outlined key parts of it
- Got my first publication acceptance as an academic
- Got my first "revise and resubmit" as an academic
- Developed my first material for Onyx Path
- Met my oldest's girlfriend via Facebook (!)
- Discovered Hamilton
- Knitted some major projects, including the Pac-Man blanket, finishing Will's color stripe rainbow blanket, and a whole bunch of fingerless gloves
- Discovered that corn, milk, and nuts really are not my friends at all any more. :( Luckily cheese and yogurt are still on good terms with my stomach, for the most part.
- Got accepted for a big conference in 2016
- Got a travel award for that conference
- Went to New Orleans for the first time (and presented at that conference!)
- Got a new (to-me) car (thanks Mom!)
- Knitted something for myself
- Got a new (to-me) couch that's much nicer than our old one
- Finished my language requirement for my degree, making me officially ABD (!!!)
Things I did not do:
- Keep from gaining back weight over the fall/winter
- Maintain going to the gym
- Actually write text on a draft of the dissertation
- Read everything I should have read
- Succeed in keeping all my friends from beginning to the end of the year
Things I will be doing in 2016:
- Teaching a lit/comp class I designed
- Revising and resubmitting that damn article
- Writing my dissertation
- Going to London for research (ideally)
- Seeing my eldest graduate high school
- Improving my knitting further
- Potentially learning to use arduino stuff (it's SO COOL)
- Getting new chairs for the dining room
- Finding a way to keep my desk usably clean
- Looking for jobs and assembling job search materials
- Writing A Comedy in Five Acts
- Getting my youngest's senior pictures taken
- Spending a week in Michigan
- Visiting my parents in their new house
- Going to learn more about rare books at the Rare Book School
- Spending time with my kids, when they're available
- Starting a whole new phase of life, whatever else it might be
Y'know, all things considered, that looks pretty good.
