Today begins my countdown to the end of my full-time status here at [DFO].

General stupidity plus changes at work mean I cannot be counted on to do the minimum I was responsible for going forward. The union gig was always going to take up a significant amount of time, but I figured I could still manage things with my posting. But schedule changes at school mean that I now start three hours earlier, and I have to teach a traditional course with 30 students at a time with a marking load to match, not manage a self-paced program where students come & go, and I can do the marking as I get it, or put it off in order to more deeply research a factoid I’m putting in an Open Thread. So my carefree days of sitting at a desk & reacting to students have come to an end.

That’s not to say I won’t be around occasionally. Once the school year gets started, I’ll be able to figure out what’s what with my timetable. But it’s better to rip off the bandaid now & then work my way back than say I can do something & then constantly have to beg someone to spell me.

I just figured I’d say goddbye today. I’ll be around until Thursday. Like a selfish bastard, I’m running away before the long weekend. I’ve just got to be me.

Tonight’s sports:

• Olympics: (not bothering listing specific networks & times)
  • highlighted events:
    • early Canadian block (8:00pm) – Rugby, Volleyball & Field Hockey
    • late Canadian block (midnight) – Field Hockey, Basketball & 3×3 Basketball
• MLB:
  • White Sox at Brewers – 7:00pm | ESPN / TSN3
• Futbol:
  • Gold Cup: Quarterfinals
    • Costa Rica vs. Canada – 7:00pm | FS1 / Univision
    • USA vs. Jamaica – 9:30pm | FS1 / Univision
  • MLS:
    • New England vs. CF Montreal – 6:00pm | TSN5
    • DC vs. NY Red Bulls – 8:00pm | TSN5

I’ll miss you all, and I hope to be back sooner than later.