Working weekend

There’s a lot to be said for having a regular, that is, two-day, weekend.

I had to work yesterday. Some of my colleagues and I ran our regular (once a semester) weekend seminars for part-time postgraduate research students. I only had to work in the morning, and ran a whirlwind Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Using Library Resources But Were Afraid to Ask Didn’t Know What to Ask session. A whirlwind session in that we condense six seminars into one, for those students who work or have other commitments during the week and can’t normally attend the seminars we run for full-time students.

It was hard working on a Saturday after a long week – Friday was completely frantic, and I barely sat down until about 3:30pm – but it was worth it because the students were very appreciative. It was also one of those sessions where I completely got In The Groove, so to speak, and I seemed to express myself really well – everything I needed to say just seemed to flow. This was despite not remembering my profile user name and password when I was trying to log in to show the class how to use ScienceDirect alerts.

Lounging
Originally uploaded by CW.

While I was working, M and Paco wore themselves out by going for a walk and avoiding magpies. M says the birds kept swooping and trying to attack them.