I just mapped a 1 mile walk in my neighborhood and i think I am taking the dog on a walk when I get home. The goal is to be able to jog a couple of miles on the road in a couple of weeks.

(That's one of the downsides of being a working parent, to me: I feel like I "owe" her all my time on the weekends because I don't spend weekdays with her, so when she's home, she's usually doing something with either M or me, and doesn't spend as much time amusing herself as she could.)

This is interesting -- I just heard a thing about a study that shows that children of middle-class working parents today spend more time with their parents than children of middle-class housewives did in the 50s/60s. (I'm also interested in the switch from housewife to SAHM, which tells sort of the same story...) Granted, that includes older children than yours!

So, the tenured faculty will not have offices at all? That seems odd. We have a formula here to determine if you get an office, a shared (2 person office) or a group office, and I am pretty sure tenure gets you an office WITH a meeting area in it.

haven't we previously established that Sparky's workplace is somewhat wakkadoodle?

so one of the houses near me that was for sale is now for rent. $1350/month which I figure 2 of you all could split easily AND BE MY NEIGHBORS!!

In my made up world everyone can work from home or just move their job.

But seriously, 3 BR, 2 Bath for $1350 AND ME!!!

I just heard a thing about a study that shows that children of middle-class working parents today spend more time with their parents than children of middle-class housewives did in the 50s/60s.

But in those days children also spent more time with each other, too.

A strong tolerance for ambiguity is a must as well.

That's considered a valuable skill where I work!

Mostly in a "big complex systems and ideas and not being afraid to fail" kind of way rather than "nobody knows what they're doing, welcome to the shit show."

But in those days children also spent more time with each other, too.

Oh yeah, I'm sure that's right.

Mostly in a "big complex systems and ideas and not being afraid to fail" kind of way rather than "nobody knows what they're doing, welcome to the shit show."

My job is a little of column A, a little of column B. Not that people don't know what they are doing, but certain things are definitely a shitshow.

You know, I am still sitting here being flabbergasted at tenured professors with no offices! Can't they overule that at faculty senate or something?

This is interesting -- I just heard a thing about a study that shows that children of middle-class working parents today spend more time with their parents than children of middle-class housewives did in the 50s/60s. (I'm also interested in the switch from housewife to SAHM, which tells sort of the same story...) Granted, that includes older children than yours!

I read something similar -- possibly in that Atlantic article about overprotective parents? To a certain extent, of course, it's age-related -- Rose is young enough that she still needs us to help do things like get the Play-Doh down off the shelf, read to her, etc., not to mention feed her and change her diaper. We are getting to the point where she can build with her blocks or play with her puppets or trains without us needing to be involved -- but she still *wants* us to be involved, and it's hard to say no if the only time I spent with her yesterday was the hour between when she woke up and when I left for work.