tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post8587856345556751713..comments2023-10-12T11:37:47.156-04:00Comments on ABSURDIST PARADISE: Telegram from Apartment on the PondEarnest Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-27931624956904897562009-10-08T09:44:46.850-04:002009-10-08T09:44:46.850-04:00Thanks both of you! I've come back to your re...Thanks both of you! I've come back to your responses multiple times at low moments. Thanks so much for your support -- you have no idea how much it helps, especially being in a new place and not really having the support network that would be optimal when dealing with sleeplessness and other craziness.Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-78571249136608057322009-10-04T19:41:19.336-04:002009-10-04T19:41:19.336-04:00I'm glad for the encouraging words from your c...I'm glad for the encouraging words from your chair and for the new place; I know that your living situation was just one more arena for stress in this first year in the new job.What Now?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017629066466055668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-20425503827198065462009-10-03T21:28:34.730-04:002009-10-03T21:28:34.730-04:00I know I'm a dad, and not a mom, and so the st...I know I'm a dad, and not a mom, and so the stakes and expectations are different, but I can assure you that your chair is right: We've tenured two women in the last couple of years who had children pre-tenure, and while neither was a slam-dunk case, both made it through with room to spare.<br /><br />We had out twins in my first year in a full-time job, and it was hard, but its doable. The sleep returns eventually, and your ability to focus comes back just when you think it never will.<br /><br />And now that we've just brought Junebug into the house, and I'm sharing childcare with Willow, I am remembering all the struggles of that first set of infancies, but am so much more relaxed about it. because I know it. can. be. done.<br /><br />And you will do it. 'cause you rock.Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.com