11/30: spending time
...working on photographs and listening to My Friends by Fredrick Backman--2 good things which I could do simultaneously. Then I kept listening to My Friends as I put away laundry.
11/29: unexpectedly quiet
...on the roads and in town this afternoon. I drove in to spend some time with a friend as she was gallery-sitting. (It was quiet at the gallery too.)
11/27: walking with Chris
...at Cove Creek--good light, good air, good smell of the earth, good company.
11/25: shopping done
...as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday. Chris went grocering yesterday, and I went to Target this afternoon to pick up a few things. I'm glad we can avoid stores for the next stretch of days (fingers crossed)--they were already starting to get crowded and not so calming.
1/21: being thanked
...for putting a "thank you" post-it note on my reimbursement request. It was a good reminder to acknowledge people and the work they do, even in small ways and for seemingly small things.
11/20: a rabbit
...hopping in the yard as I drove up the driveway. I am always-always-always happy to to see a rabbit out in the world.
11/19: 2 new
...little animal figurines: a fox and a clouded leopard. I didn't mean them as a birthday-present-to-self, but they arrived today (my birthday), so they are.
Offerings from other people were also appreciated! A crocheted angel from my aunt, a cake and hedgehog calendar from my mother, a sweet card from my best-friend-since-childhood, cloth storage bins decorated with a rhino and a hedgehog from my sister, and cinnamon rolls from Chris. Plus notes from my brother (who sent a text at the stroke of midnight!), another friend, and a now-retired colleague.
11/18: a bluebird
...flying past my car as I drove to work this morning. It hadn't been a good morning, so the bluebird was a welcome suggestion that things might get better.
11/17: lucky timing
It was overcast this morning, and I checked the forecast to see if rain was predicted. It wasn't, so when I left for work I didn't take an umbrella. As I drove to school, it started to rain. But then it paused just as I pulled into the parking lot at school. I was glad not to have to start the day wet.
11/16: home by lunch
I hadn't spent any nights away from home since July 2024, so I was an out-of-practice traveller when I went to my conference late last week. Though I know it was good for me to go--to be on the road, to give my paper, to see a friend, to get out of my usual routines--I was also glad to have a smooth drive back this morning. I arrived in time to make myself fried rice for lunch.
11/15: keeping my phone out
...as I walked between my hotel and the Arkansas Union on the UA Fayetteville campus. I couldn't resist photographing the colored leaves piled along the sidewalk, and I was grateful for the ring stand/holder that I have on my phone, making it easy to hold securely.
11/14: finally liking
...my Daphne paper. I didn't get to work on it as much as I wanted this semester, but as I fine-tuned and practiced it in the lead-up to the conference, I came to appreciate the poems and what I did with them. That put me in a good mood for actually giving the paper in the afternoon, and the presentation went pretty well.
11/13: a photo
...of the students in my Vergil course. I couldn't be in class today, but I designed an activity for them to do together, and they sent me a picture of themselves working in our classroom.
11/9: not having
...a rushed evening of preparation for work tomorrow. I did a good number of bureaucratic things on Friday evening, so this afternoon and evening were able to be calmer. Because I've been under the weather, it was nice to be able to rest at times today without having to worry about getting things done.
11/8: figuring out
...an okay format for my presentation handout next week (and then making the handout itself).
11/7: talking
...with an advisee who emailed me in the morning. We set up a time for the afternoon and had a good conversation. It was an advisee I hadn't seen this semester yet, so it was especially nice to have an unhurried chance to talk with them.
11/5: mehercule
I told the beginning Latin students about the exclamation mehercule! today. Later in the class period, one student sneezed and another one said mehercule! I told them that I had a student (20 years ago!) who used mehercule that way during her whole time at college. It made me smile to hear it again in the context of a sneeze.
11/3: not procrastinating
...about changing my car clock to reflect the end of Daylight Savings Time. I didn't drive anywhere yesterday, so this morning was my first time in the car since "falling back," and I adjusted the clock as soon as I pulled into the parking lot at work. (Sometimes I've put off switching the clock for weeks.)
11/2: remembering my slippers!
I have a pair of reflexology slides that I really like and use as my "at home, inside" shoes. But today I've been feeling under the weather, and my feet were cold even with warm socks on. So I switched out my sandals for some fleecy slippers that I remembered buying last winter. They did the trick.
11/1: making some headway
...on my Daphne paper, but also knowing that I needed to stop for the night, even if I wasn't as far along as I wanted to be.
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