So many things...

.. or not.  Somehow, I'm so busy right now and have so much going on.  And yet, nothing really seems blog-worthy.  And so I will summarize my semester (thus far) in bullets!

Teaching:

• The semester has started and I'm teaching two regular classes - cost accounting and managerial accounting - and one new experimental one: I'm teaching cute little freshmen how to do research.  Like, original research that can hopefully be published someday.  I love the class and I love my freshmen, but holy hell this is a ridiculous amount of work.  I have to keep all of my research, plus their five group research projects, in my head at all times.  Just thinking about it makes me tired.
• Luckily, I have two research mentors (i.e., seniors who have done research) helping me out.  There is no way I could keep up without them.  
• Also, I somehow got me a TA for my two regular classes.  She is fantastic.  Without these three ladies, I would not have my sanity.
• Oh, btw, did I forget to mention I'm also teaching a night class at a local public university?  It's managerial accounting, which is very similar to my cost/managerial I teach at Pepperdine, but the three classes use three different books.  I'm constantly wondering which group has had which lecture.  The extra money is nice, but this schedule is getting to be a bit much. 
• Four weeks of classes/lectures left.  I can survive anything for that long.  (Rinse and repeat.)  (Even though you may find me saying this to myself as I rock in a corner.)
• Next semester:  two classes at Pepperdine (managerial and systems) and a TA.  This will leave me plenty of time for my...

Research and Consulting:

• I just got back from a 16-hr trip to San Francisco to speak to a group of women IT executives.  I met some amazing ladies and just wish I could have been in town longer.  
• I'm still juggling 12 papers, but it's looking like a few of them will be submitted this semester (crossing fingers).  I'm hoping to get these done and handed off so I can focus on new projects next semester....
• One of which is an exciting project with PayPal - part consulting, part research that I'll be conducting with the team.  We start the week after the LISA conference...
• And the LISA conference will be equally exciting.  I'm on the program committee and will be running a special CHIMIT/LISA workshop where we'll work with researchers and sysadmins to identify possible projects the group will work on over the coming year.  I've never been to Boston before, and the week after my birthday sounds like as good a time as ever.  
• Another project is a cost allocation project with a student at Pepperdine, a student at the University of Arizona, with advanced game theory analysis with a brilliant colleague.  
• One more!  We're hoping to collect data about IT use in Accounting or Finance firms.  It's looking like we have one firm interested, but are looking for one more.  If anyone has a connection at a firm with 150-200 people using a software program (like tax prep software or financial analysis software) and is interested in a free consulting analysis and suggestions on ways to improve training and use - and is willing to introduce me - please let me know.  I will love you forever and buy you a meal and beverage of your choice.  :)
• One of the fun parts of my research and consulting is the travel.  In addition to Boston in December, I'll be in Maui for a week in January (HICSS) and may be on the Big Island for a week in April (WDSI).  Those two conferences weren't planned, but I'll try to deal.
• Sometimes I even break away from my computer...

Life:

• I was working out for about three weeks, and then I was super graceful and sprained my toe.  Now that I'm better enough to work out again, I've gotten used to sleeping that extra hour.  Someone please give me a guilt trip in the comments and get me off my butt.  
• I got bored one Saturday and decided to dye my hair.  Now I'm a red head!
• Xav and I had our five year wedding anniversary in September.  Six years together.  Yikes.  As usual, I had night class that night and was too busy to remember to buy a gift.  I am such a bad wife.  Luckily, we just decided to do dinner and count the Hawaii trip a part-anniversary gift (well, the two days I'm not at the conference). 
• Uh... sorry.  I just don't have cute pictures of kids.  Or entertaining stories.  I got all excited last week when I got my data analysis to work out!  But that really belongs in my research section.  I promise my days don't seem boring until I decide to write about them.  

What about you?  I miss you guys.