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Jan. 1st, 2020 05:09 pmOoof, 2019 was A Year. This was a rough one for me, between school and The House -- from July to December I didn't go a month without having a handyman in the house for one reason or another, which pretty much completely killed my nerves. It's probably not a good sign when I'm more stressed about the house than I am about my comprehensives (and the day my portfolio was due I woke up from a nightmare that a pipe had broken (that didn't actually exist) and I had to frantically e-mail my committee asking for another extension). So that ended up defining most of the year for me.
School-wise, I finished coursework spring semester, then promptly had to turn around to take summer classes (lol). I taught my first class as instructor-of-record this summer, Latin 101, which also happened to be my first online class; it overlapped with the beginning of Handyman Hell and the end of my French class, so that was extremely stressful. In the fall, I finished and submitted my comprehensive portfolio and did my oral defense; I was the only member of my cohort to finish their comprehensive portfolio. (One person chose to do exams instead; my department is in the middle of changing the process so my cohort got the choice.)
This was a Star Wars Celebration year, and was definitely my best SWC experience to date. FRIENDS!!! Being able to do a con with a big group of people made a huge difference to me; because my last two SWC experiences had been sort of iffy, this was pretty much the one it was hanging on, and it definitely succeeded beyond my wildest expectations. It's really wonderful to see people in person that I know online. Also, cosplay! I got green and it was delightful. I did Dragon Con over Labor Day weekend with![[twitter.com profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
wandrianwind and that was also delightful, and then a few weeks later went to Disney World with reenajenkins. It was definitely a good year for friends.
Insofar as writing goes, I think this was probably my worst year in a long time. School and Home Repair Existential Despair ate into me, as well as my really mixed feelings about Star Wars. I did start a new chaptered fic, The Starry Crown, but didn't do as much concept writing this year as I've done the past few years.
Not a great year health-wise, either -- like, nothing went seriously wrong, but I developed tinnitus and then at the very end of the year I cracked a tooth, so I currently have a temporary crown (which I kind of think I may have chewed through?) and I'm getting a permanent one put on on Monday. Fortunately this happened right before I came home for vacation.
It was just a really hard year, with some definite bright spots in it. But it was hard, and I feel like I accidentally burned a lot of bridges as a result. I'm glad 2019 is over, and if nothing else at least I don't have to do my comps ever again.
School-wise, I finished coursework spring semester, then promptly had to turn around to take summer classes (lol). I taught my first class as instructor-of-record this summer, Latin 101, which also happened to be my first online class; it overlapped with the beginning of Handyman Hell and the end of my French class, so that was extremely stressful. In the fall, I finished and submitted my comprehensive portfolio and did my oral defense; I was the only member of my cohort to finish their comprehensive portfolio. (One person chose to do exams instead; my department is in the middle of changing the process so my cohort got the choice.)
This was a Star Wars Celebration year, and was definitely my best SWC experience to date. FRIENDS!!! Being able to do a con with a big group of people made a huge difference to me; because my last two SWC experiences had been sort of iffy, this was pretty much the one it was hanging on, and it definitely succeeded beyond my wildest expectations. It's really wonderful to see people in person that I know online. Also, cosplay! I got green and it was delightful. I did Dragon Con over Labor Day weekend with
Insofar as writing goes, I think this was probably my worst year in a long time. School and Home Repair Existential Despair ate into me, as well as my really mixed feelings about Star Wars. I did start a new chaptered fic, The Starry Crown, but didn't do as much concept writing this year as I've done the past few years.
Not a great year health-wise, either -- like, nothing went seriously wrong, but I developed tinnitus and then at the very end of the year I cracked a tooth, so I currently have a temporary crown (which I kind of think I may have chewed through?) and I'm getting a permanent one put on on Monday. Fortunately this happened right before I came home for vacation.
It was just a really hard year, with some definite bright spots in it. But it was hard, and I feel like I accidentally burned a lot of bridges as a result. I'm glad 2019 is over, and if nothing else at least I don't have to do my comps ever again.