Oh, this is glorious.

So, today's the last day I'm covering for one of my colleagues who's on maternity leave. She's coming back Wednesday. The day she comes back, I'll still come in to work to tie up loose ends with grading, etc., we'll have a transitional meeting with the GTAs who, up to this point, I've been "mentoring," and then I'll hand things over to her.

Starting Friday, I'll start with the 2nd colleague I'm covering for who's about to have her baby. Once she goes into labor, I'll take over her classes until she comes back. She's only teaching two classes (down from the four I've been covering) and the earliest class is at 1p.m. (in contrast to the 8 a.m. which has heretofore started out my day. And let's not forget factoring in the 45 minute commute.) And since she's a 2nd year GTA herself, there are no GTAs to mentor. I'll be getting paid a little less, but I'm still making that paper.

Oh, this is glorious.

*UPDATE @ 4:38 p.m.*

So much for "starting Friday" for colleague #2. Homegirl had the baby today. Looks like I've got the reins on Wednesday!