5/16: surprise
As I walked up the hill after my walk this evening, Chris came over to me with his hands cupped and closed on each other. I asked if he had a little snake, since he once held a baby snake that way. He said no and showed me what he had instead: a pile of large, ripe blueberries from the patch he planted.
5/15: making progress
Cleaning up the semester of accumulated bits and bobs, piles and papers. Letting things (and ourselves) breathe more freely.
5/13: unexpected afternoon
I stayed at home this morning, working on email and random business from here, plus doing some writing. I was just getting ready to go to campus this afternoon when Chris came home unexpectedly. I jettisoned (or rather "postponed") my plans to clean my office at school and spent the afternoon with Chris instead, running errands and watching a movie. We needed some together-time when we weren't talking about or recovering from school-related business.
5/12: no watch ritual
A few summers ago I stopped wearing my watch. During the academic year I've found it impossible to go without, but I like the watch-less feeling of my wrist when school's not in session. I still have work to do at school and home--and it's more than enough to keep me occupied all summer--but my time is more flexible now, and I was happy when I realized that today could be my first watch-free day of summer 2011.
5/10: early morning outing
Chris promised his students he'd bring donuts to their final meeting this morning. He wanted to be sure to get a good selection, so we went to the donut shop at 4 a.m.! It was fun and also weird to be out and about at such an unusual time. (Plus I got some donuts out of it.)
5/9: just to say hello
When I got into my office after my students' Latin exam today, the red light on my phone was blinking, signalling a voice-mail message. I immediately got nervous. Was it bad news from Chris & Wilkie's trip to the vet this morning? Or was it a student with some trouble finishing up a class? It's not a fun time of year for surprises; most unexpected things at this time of year end up being unpleasant. But when I went into the voice-mail system to hear the message, it was not an unpleasant surprise at all: it was a dear friend who was just calling to say hello so that I would have a sweet message waiting for me at work.
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