Good News

I have a job. This morning I still hadn't heard anything. Out of frustration I called the department office. When one of the wonderful secretaries answered the phone, I said, "I'm sure you've been getting a lot of calls about this, but do you know anything about the schedule?" Her immediate reply was that she would get my boss on the phone. I nervously waited until I heard his kind voice, "Cindy?" He didn't sound like he had something bad to relay to me. So, I immediately relaxed. I asked, "I know how busy you must be dealing with this mess, but is there anything you can tell me about the schedule?" He told me that he has been prevented by the provost to communicate with any of his lecturers until one final issue is dealt with, however, since I called him, he could tell me that I was going to be assigned the schedule that I had before they took all lecturers off the schedule. He then proceeded to tell me that when making my syllabi that I had to build into it 9 days of NO CLASS (the furlough days the union voted for). This is in addition to Labor Day, Veteran's Day, and Thanksgiving Break. That's a lot of missed classes! This means that I'm going to have to pare down all my powerpoints and lecture notes to accommodate this change and I have to do this in 12 days. I guess I'll be a little busy, but I am incredibly grateful as my boss told me that he's had to make a few calls telling people that they are not needed. My thoughts go out to those people.