encyclopedia entries-round one

I have somehow gotten through 30 years of tenure-track professoring without once writing an encyclopedia entry.  Then, last year, I purchased the ~Encyclopedia of Communication Theory,~ <http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book232100> and it was love, love, love. I have no idea how I lived without before!!!  And I have author envy, as I wish I had written one of the entries.  Because I did not want that to happen to me again, I jumped on the opportunity to contribute to the new ~Sage Encyclopedia of Gender and Media.~  I am writing the entries on blogging and on Facebook.  They are due November 1.  So I just finished drafting the one on blogging today.  I will edit and revise tomorrow and then hit the Facebook one.  I started with the easier one, as I had a previous essay I could use as a preliminary draft.  It still took several hours to cut it and reframe it, but I have a draft.  Yeah!  Now, the issue is will the next one flow as easily?  We shall see.

work in spite of it all

This morning, as soon as I was ready to open the laptop, a very loud compressor started screaming outside my sun room.  These housing renovations are really getting to be too much.  After consulting with the workers, I discovered the loud work was almost over, so I was able to eat a quick lunch and work almost 8 hours straight on a rewrite that is due tomorrow.  I am happy to say I have tomorrow to read it through and try to complete all the accompanying forms.  Then one more off the list.  Yeah!  I should be the happiest scholar on earth come November 1, as I will have ~nothing due~ until February 15.  Yeah!!!  I am hoping this means I will be able to complete some serious work on my house and enjoy some R&R time over the holidays.  Fingers crossed.  Meanwhile, I travel a week from today for a 4-day conference.  Yikes!