Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines

So the NCA deadline has passed. Today is the deadline for internal grants at my university, and I'm almost finished with that stuff. I'm reviewing for NCA, which is due Tuesday. I have a grant deadline on Wednesday. After that, I think I'm just about done with deadlines. I'll still have self-imposed deadlines for teaching and research, but next Wednesday will end the other-imposed deadlines. And I can't wait! It's been a long month (even though it's the shortest month of the year).

I submitted an interdisciplinary grant yesterday with 2 colleagues, and I'm pretty excited about the work that we want to do. And the stipend incentives for faculty are pretty nice for that.

Yesterday, I gave a test, and a student didn't show up. She emailed me about 3 hours after the test to tell me that she was in an interview for an MBA program and the interviewer wouldn't let her leave. Hmm. She says that the reason the interview was at that time on that day was that her mother scheduled it for her. Hmm. Don't you wish your mother made your schedule?

So my thesis student and two other students in the same boat have set their defenses next week. I will lead a thesis defense on Tuesday and participate in ones on Wednesday and Thursday. Fun week. Oh, and did I mention the deadlines on Tuesday and Wednesday?