Monday, December 26, 2022

Flash back and slow forward to 2023

I haven't posted in over a year. Remarkable. It recently dawned on me how little time I seem to have for anything. The College of Science and Engineering was dissolved while I was away in the Galapagos so my position as dean (and associate dean) ended. Despite not having extra responsibilities (because I was teaching full-time as well) I feel like I have less time. Haven't been to the gym at all (and I feel and look it), I haven't sat down to do stamp stuff, and I haven't read a book. 

I did 

  • get to the Galapagos and Ecuador in May with a number of students and that well very well. 
  • have pretty good research field seasons. In 2021, we focused on pollinator pans in burned, cut, and reference forests. In 2022, we focused on collecting specimens for an isotope study
  • have a paper get accepted into Ecosphere - this was originally rejected from Ecological Application
  • get promoted to full professor
So not a spectacular year but a good year. I'll try and post the best photos from the Ecuador trip at some point. So time to access who I am and my increasing limits (i.e., how long can I stay awake or stomp through the forest). So here's are my goals to 2023

I will
  • Finish off the three chapters for the coffee book 
  • Submit an old data paper and a new data paper. Old data = my dissertation research from GA. New data is the yellow pollinator pan data. Would be great to get a third paper out but I don't want to be greedy
  • Push to have a big STEM event at Wilkes in May 
  • Sort, sort, sort, and sort bugs. We're sitting on thousands of insects from dozens of samples. At worst, we will have samples for a food web study. At best... well... good question. Many jars are dried up. Not sure what the best scenario is. 
  • Apply for a sabbatical. Because, man, am I due. 
  • Start doing those things I miss doing - like this blog! 



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