11/20: marinated cucumber
...subs, made in an attempt to replicate ones Chris and I used to get in Riverside, CA, 30 years ago.
11/19: a mirative use
...of the Latin subjunctive. While tracking down possibilities for a particular use of the subjunctive in the text I'm reading with the students, I was delighted to discover the words "mirative" and "mirativity."
11/18: laughing
...at jokes from a box of 150 little joke cards. I got them so that I could give them to students when they needed a smile, but I'll be getting smiles along the way from them too.
11/17: hearing
...the word ululating as I was listening to The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik during my morning walk. On Thursday in Latin class we had the word exululavit, which I had paused on to explain to the students. I'm excited to be able to tell them about the coincidental timing.
11/16: spending
...some "free" money I got from signing up for a new credit card. After charging and paying off a certain amount (which I did before letting any interest accrue), I got $200 in bonus money. Today some of that bonus money paid for another year of Artforum. I'm very behind in reading issues, but I don't want to think about what it would feel like to not get it anymore.
11/15: the patience
...of two cats at this very moment. They know it's time for me to feed them for the evening. Phineas is resting in the cat-bed on a small table next to my chair, and Simon is sitting upright a few feet away, looking at me. They don't want to bother me, though they want to know as soon as I make my move. (And they probably want to remind me to make my move but aren't pressing the point except with their presence.)
11/14: pink
...in the sky as I drove home from campus. Getting to see the beginning of sunset on my drive is some consolation for the shortening days.
11/13: finally
...getting my Real ID. I meant to do it in spring 2020--and then COVID happened. And I've kept meaning to do it. But my driver's license expires next week, so I left the house a little earlier than usual and stopped by the revenue office to combine the license renewal with getting a Real ID. I could have gone into the grace period (one month after expiration), but I'm glad I got it checked off my list now instead.
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