Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Before June is Over
Before June is over, I had better post. Some things over the last few months have been much harder than losing Mom. On the other hand, I have learned how everyone deals with grief differently. It is a whole other planet.
Work is good and I'm finishing up an extremely fun project.
I spent some time at the lake before the summer heat really hit us - and that is an accomplishment this year given how many days of August heat we have already had in June. Tomorrow is another 100+ heat index day.
My last official day in my faculty office. When I return in August, the new office should be ready for "move-in". Saw one of our master teachers and told him it was nice to see him on "my turf" since I am usually visiting his school. His daughter is getting ready to double major with one of those in my new department. They're both lucky to have each other.
Warning, tangents ahead:
Wall Street Journal subscription now includes my iPad. Yeah! (When is the rest of the world going to figure out that I'm not paying for a print subscription, a Kindle subscription, an online subscription, and an iPad subscription like I am only subscribing once (and not seeing any ads even though almost every site except Kindle is overwhelmed by them!)
Why are 3 of the new/premier in summer shows on at the same time when my DVR will only allow 2 at one time? Thank goodness the cable channels "replay" later in the evening. Necessary Roughness looks to be a fun show - esp. with the ad pairing them with Royal Pains - Mark rules!!!
Work is good and I'm finishing up an extremely fun project.
I spent some time at the lake before the summer heat really hit us - and that is an accomplishment this year given how many days of August heat we have already had in June. Tomorrow is another 100+ heat index day.
My last official day in my faculty office. When I return in August, the new office should be ready for "move-in". Saw one of our master teachers and told him it was nice to see him on "my turf" since I am usually visiting his school. His daughter is getting ready to double major with one of those in my new department. They're both lucky to have each other.
Warning, tangents ahead:
Wall Street Journal subscription now includes my iPad. Yeah! (When is the rest of the world going to figure out that I'm not paying for a print subscription, a Kindle subscription, an online subscription, and an iPad subscription like I am only subscribing once (and not seeing any ads even though almost every site except Kindle is overwhelmed by them!)
Why are 3 of the new/premier in summer shows on at the same time when my DVR will only allow 2 at one time? Thank goodness the cable channels "replay" later in the evening. Necessary Roughness looks to be a fun show - esp. with the ad pairing them with Royal Pains - Mark rules!!!
Labels: tangents
Friday, March 07, 2008
One Last Snow?
I headed to the farm and what I initially thought was pieces of hay and other stuff coming from the back of the truck in front of me (who was weaving and driving ten miles an hour under the speed limit - no surprise he was on his phone . . . )and it turned out to be snow. As I turned off the highway to the county gravel road to the farm, I saw a little bit of snow along the side of the road but was surprised as I unloaded some of the small logs I brought from town from the tree I took down there (still cleaning up ice storm damage now that we can get to it) and the snow just kept coming. It's still blowing around outside and looks like it might continue until dark. It will be gone by noon tomorrow. I had thought I wouldn't get to see any more snow this year - except possibly in Denver when we're there for a conference in late April.
I'm still behind on grading that needs to be done before I leave on Wednesday. An afternoon campus email reminds us that mid-term d and f grades are due the 17th so it will give students plenty of time to decide if they want to continue in class. Our students can drop quite late in the semester and many who aren't making As or Bs do.
The major accomplish this morning was going through numerous collections of "stuff" in my office - I can again see my desk and my CDs (data, not music) are primarily in one spot.
I read a recently published organizing book that says clutter means we are too tied to our past. I still like printing out "important stuff" but need to do more database cataloging - esp. so that I can find it again. I'm also in the process of weeding through my various briefcases and backpacks. I'm even going through the recipe books that take up a good third of my kitchen cabinet space - most recipes can be found online except for some longtime favorites from my junior high home ec class and from some high school students when I taught in Carthage.
This is definitely an example of one of my tangent posts . . . .
I'm still behind on grading that needs to be done before I leave on Wednesday. An afternoon campus email reminds us that mid-term d and f grades are due the 17th so it will give students plenty of time to decide if they want to continue in class. Our students can drop quite late in the semester and many who aren't making As or Bs do.
The major accomplish this morning was going through numerous collections of "stuff" in my office - I can again see my desk and my CDs (data, not music) are primarily in one spot.
I read a recently published organizing book that says clutter means we are too tied to our past. I still like printing out "important stuff" but need to do more database cataloging - esp. so that I can find it again. I'm also in the process of weeding through my various briefcases and backpacks. I'm even going through the recipe books that take up a good third of my kitchen cabinet space - most recipes can be found online except for some longtime favorites from my junior high home ec class and from some high school students when I taught in Carthage.
This is definitely an example of one of my tangent posts . . . .
Labels: clutter, farm, grading, organizing, snow, tangents
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