10/31: coming home
...from work--to Chris, the cats, and some nice cheese which Chris prepared so that we'd have something to nibble on while making dinner.
10/30: mail
...from a pen-friend in Chicago, which reminded me that she also sent me good mail that arrived after my very bad Friday.
10/29: taking the time
...to make a little collage this morning. I really needed the time with color, shapes, and low-pressure creativity.
10/28: stopping on a lark
...to get donuts while running morning errands. Chris called it a micro-holiday.
10/26: seeing
...some students working intently with words during an "exquisite corpse" workshop, and appreciating Chris' presence there too.
10/24: forgetting
...my phone at school. That's not usually a good thing, and I was pretty frustrated that I had to go back to get it. Chris drove me so that I could pop into my office quickly without having to park. And just as I was walking up the stairs, someone was coming down. That someone had had a tricky time in a recent meeting, and I told them that I appreciated what they had said. They were very grateful. It made the extra trip worth it.
10/23: a student rescuing
...a moth. I couldn't catch it with my hands, but she could--and she took it outside.
10/22: finishing
...comments on all the students' analyses for the Picturebooks class. I thought I'd have one that I didn't get to today--but then I managed to do it too.
10/21: at work on Latin
...materials for the Vulgate class by 6 am this morning. I couldn't sleep, so I finally decided I might as well get up. I enjoyed working in an unrushed way not possible during the week, and I made some headway in deciding how to approach the last third of the course.
10/18: splitting
...a veggie burger with Chris at Big Orange, which was a welcome pleasure in a day of glitches. It was one that I've ordered before (with fig jam, cheese, and arugula), but Chris hadn't had it before. He said it was good, and that made me happy too.
10/15: not freaking out (too much)
...when my newest computer's display started to malfunction. I tried a few fixes suggested online, and when none of them worked, I booked an appointment at the Apple store on Wednesday.
10/14: toasting
...the eclipse with Chris. He had eclipse glasses for us, and I made elderflower and mint gin and tonics.
10/13: going out
...onto the deck when Chris knocked on the window. He was holding a little bird who had gotten stunned by flying into one of our big windows. The bird flew onto a nearby bush when it had recovered.
10/9: having time
...to write a complicated assignment description while the upper-level Latin students were taking a test.
And they seemed to have enough time to do what I was asking them to do on the test without their having to rush. (Gauging that can be tricky.)
10/8: finishing
...Rick Riordan's latest Percy Jackson novel. It was like spending time with old friends. And there is something sweetly wise about the book.
10/7: two things
Chris and I saved a bird. It was stunned and having a very hard time on the road (unable to right itself and wriggling on its back). We brought it home in a box then put it in a safe place so that it could (hopefully) recover without the danger of being run over. Later in the day it seemed to have flown off.
I booked a flight and hotel for a trip in December (my first since January 2020!), and then my mother called and we made more plans for the trip.
10/6: stopping
...at the lake this morning to take a few photos in the wonderful autumn light. It's something I used to do all the time, but it may be a year since the last time I stopped at the pier on my way to work.
10/4: receiving
...a copy of Myth Match. A few days ago I was thinking, "Surely someone must have done an exquisite-corpse-like picturebook with mythological creatures," and after some Google searching I found Myth Match. Of course, I ordered it right away, and it arrived today. It's pleasing to the hand and eye, and I especially like that the words do a mix-and-match thing as well as the images. Nicely constructed.
10/3: getting word
...that the co-curricular found poetry work I do with students received permanent approval to count toward the engaged learning graduation requirement. Now I won't have to do bureaucratic filings on the front end every time I want to offer an opportunity and have it count.
10/1: having the weekend
...to restore my equilibrium after I got thrown for a loop at the end of the work-week on Friday.
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