I spent the weekend getting ready for two presentations I have to do this week.  Neither of them is particularly difficult or stressful, but I am obviously more worried about them then i thought I was, because I dreamed about them all night last night.

I am going to be doing a role playing exercise with a group of Detroit teenagers after school today.  I’m part of UM’s CIC group, an organization that tries to get information technology skills into communities.  The kids are doing a project that involves interviewing directors of youth organizations, and we’re giving them a chance to practice their interview skills in a safe environment first.  I’ve worked up all the logistics of the exercise, we’ll see if it works.

Tomorrow I have a presentation on the  context of a project I’m doing with another student on the Oregon State Library’s portal to the Internet for Oregon school districts.  It’s a really interesting project, but it’s a lot of work to get all the data together for this presentation.

So last night I dreamed about the Oregon project in conjunction with the Detroit project, where I was trying to teach the Detroit kids the information about the Oregon school districts internet connections.  It wasn’t going well, and my partners in the two projects, all of whom were in my dream were not much help.  The dream went on and on throughout the night, even though the dog got me up twice.  Whenever I went back to sleep, there were those kids and those school districts and those group members waiting for me.  I am exhausted!

The good news I guess is that the Detroit schools are closed today because it’s negative 8 outside this morning.  So I have another week to not worry about that presentation.  And the Oregon school district project is really looking good, thanks to my project partner.

So today maybe I can catch up on the other classes I have and enjoy looking out at the white snow and blue skies from the comfort of my living room!