Party time again!

[wiseheart]

Hi folks! *waves*

Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 55 on October 9, which used to be an important thing, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and enter my virtual retirement, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 7 or 8 or only God knows how many years.

So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 742 comments on 6 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual Dobos Cake recipe - it's my absolute favourite, although I never managed to get it as good as my Garnny used to.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. Join us and have fun!

Comments

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I haven't quite finished my second set of lecture slides yet (which is actually for my first two lectures) so in some ways I am not allowed the reward of dropping in on this party. On the other hand, I did hold my first ever tutorial with my group of first year tutees, so I have done teaching that I should get some bonus for. The tutorial went quite well I thought, and while I think I probably talked more than my five tutees put together during our hour-long tutorial, they did do some talking. I was a bit worried about this, because I had seen them briefly on a few occasions throughout the week, and found them very quiet. However, they did all contribute opinions and answers to questions during today's tutorial, so perhaps their quietness earlier was due to things like just starting university, not knowing each other and not knowing me, which makes sense to me. Hopefully they will get even livlier as the term progresses, so that they do as much, or maybe even more, talking than me each during future tutorials.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You do heroic work. *sends supportive vibes in your direction*