4/30: making
...rice pancakes for lunch. It had been too long since we'd had them, and they were as wonderful as always.
4/29: hearing
...my Greek students say a line of Sappho's poetry out loud all together--and the rhythm came through.
4/28: doing an activity
...with the Myth students, which involved them chalking passages from our ancient texts on the sidewalk on campus. It was a nice way to spend our last class session, taking myth from our classroom out into the world.
4/27: doing an activity
...with the Greek students, using an Aesopian fable about a weasel who gets turned into a human maiden.
4/26: fixing
...some trouble with my work computer's audio playback on my own. Or at least it seems I fixed it! I'll keep my fingers crossed that the fix sticks.
4/25: better
...upon waking than I was when I went to sleep. Still with sinus trouble, but without the hot-cold-hot-cold feelings of illness.
4/24: some grading
...this afternoon went more quickly than I thought it would. I'm feeling very under-the-weather, so this was an especially welcome thing.
4/23: the particular orange
...of California poppies. Chris planted some in a large (large!) flowerpot, and several of them are blooming.
4/22: sharing
...a student's excitement at how the novel we're reading in class--Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera--uses both Spanish and English.
4/21: filling a tote bag
...with little bags of potato chips at the campus snack bar. I'm trying to use up the "dining dollars" that are part of my compensation. I called Chris (who was working from home today) to tell him that I just bought 24 bags of chips, and he laughed.
4/20: good news
...about a student's receiving summer funding for a project I'll be supervising. I commented on many drafts of the proposal, and I'm glad that that work (on both our parts) yielded results.
4/19: good numbers
...in Tilde the Cat's bloodwork today. We had to start feeding her special food to keep her glucose down, and even though she's only been on it for awhile, it is working. Hurray! And I'm grateful to Chris for taking her to the vet to get her on a good track.
4/17: dogwoods and birdsong
We visited the dogwoods in our woods this afternoon, and then I went on my walk along the ridge, where I was appreciative of the birds' singing. When I was talking with my friend on the phone during my walk yesterday, she could hear the birds and said how nice that was (she's in Indiana, where it's still wintry), and that made me more aware of them today.
4/16: talking
...with a friend on the phone while I was taking my walk this afternoon: it had been months since we'd spoken! It was so good to hear her voice, share thoughts, and laugh.
4/14: being grateful
...that we get to talk about a picturebook in one of my classes tomorrow. I put together the slides of each spread this evening, and I'll enjoy taking notes on the pages as I finish my prep in the morning.
4/13: making good use
...of some cancelled meetings with students (they cancelled, not me): I graded papers instead and got all caught up on paper-grading. That will change next week when more come in, but it feels great for now (and rare for me at this point in the semester).
4/12: finally knowing
...where Simon the Cat goes when we can't find him. Chris noticed it on Sunday evening, and this evening Simon was there again, curled up in a little cat cubby tucked into a corner at the end of the hall. It's been a mystery for months, yet he's been hiding in plain sight. We just never looked there because the cats never seemed to take an interest in it.
4/10: writing
...an honest email about an uncomfortable situation. Now it's off my mind before I go to bed. I had worried that, if I didn't respond, worrying about it would keep me up for most of the night.
4/9: foregoing
...my usual Saturday practices of an hour-long walk (or kayaking time on the lake) and non-school activities. Usually that wouldn't be a good thing, but today I needed to catch up on work, and I feel more relaxed now that I have.
4/8: good preparation on yellow paper
...by two of my advisees who needed to complete their pre-registration for next year before the cut-off time at the close of business. We had met earlier in the week, and I had written down for them what they needed to figure out before today's finalization meeting--and they had. I had written their "to do" lists on yellow paper for them, and it was cheering to see them pull out the colored sheet of paper and read off what courses they had decided on so I could enter them into the computer.
4/7: Greek Nescafe
...in my office. I had run out of ground coffee without realizing it, so that was a bump in the morning when I went to make myself a cup, but I did have the Greek instant coffee that I use to make frappes, and it was a fine substitute for hot coffee too.
4/6: enjoying
...seeing what passages from ancient literature my Myth students choose to compare and contrast with one another. They are drawing out all sorts of interesting connections. I'm glad I made this part of their assignment, and I'm a bit sorry that I'm the only person who gets to see everyone's choices.
4/5: the smell of spring
...as I walked past the dogwood and other flowering things on my way from the parking lot to my office building in the morning and then from my building to my car in the late afternoon.
4/4: a flourishing redbud
...at the edge of the lake. The redbuds are having difficulty this year. I think a blast of winter came at a crucial time for them, and they're not blooming as fully and spectacularly as usual. The one at the lake, though, is doing really well, which cheers me. I'd like to paddle out to it on my kayak this weekend, but I don't know if I'll have the time. I'm glad that I can at least see it on my drive to school in the mornings.
4/3: being in the right place
...at the right time: as we were looking out of the windows in our main room this morning, I saw a road runner jump from our roof onto our deck and walk around.
4/1: leaving a fish
...(or rather a copy of a fish engraving) on Chris' office door in honor of the poisson d'avril.
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