Today, I just have a list of frustrations. My KOHA assignment for library school is not yet handed in, because I only have 3 out of 15 books on my virtual bookshelves, despite the fact that I tried to catalog 11. It seems that KOHA already has all my books in the system, and I haven't had the chance to find more books that aren't in the system. I even tried to start a virtual bookshelf on another topic, but KOHA had those books in the system, too. In any case, the first set of books was on the subject of good and evil, and the new set was on film noir, but I really haven't added anything to film noir. Perhaps I should choose a topic like "skiing". In any case, I plan to go back and try to finish the topic of good and evil. Finally, someone on the discussion board let me know how to check KOHA first to make sure KOHA does not yet have the book. I guess it works like a catalogue. That might seem obvious, but it did not occur to me. Sometimes things do occur to me, and I learn how to make my way around, but other times, things just do not occur to me.
My second frustration is that I haven't had a chance to try to publish my web page. I did it the other day, but I need to download FileZilla and go through all the steps to publish it. I have not been feeling well in the 97 degree heat of the last couple of days, and I have found it very difficult to work. (My stomach is also bothering me rather badly.) However, I hate to make excuses, and I just cannot afford to get behind. I am also supposed to be adding all sorts of elements to my web page this week, and I am held up. I have been following the discussion boards on these projects.
I teach 3 courses, 2 preparations right now, so there are some nights that I simply cannot devote to these projects, especially because I need to devote a substantial amount of time to them in order to achieve anything, and similarly, if I am grading or preparing what I teach, I need to devote a substantial amount of time to that. Therefore, I tend to chunk my time, instead of divide it among many different tasks each day.
Although I look forward to my trip to Pittsburgh for library school, I actually need the time to fulfill my assignments. I am worried that I will not be able to complete the courses, especially the computer course, because when I get back from Pittsburgh, I will have grading to do in all three classes. It would help if I was feeling better physically (and I hope that this heat wave breaks up just a little - I have no air conditioning at home.)
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