5/17: a bureaucratic task

This afternoon I did one of the biggest remaining bureaucratic tasks on my to-do list for this academic year:  writing this year's assessment report.  Sounds dry, and I'll confess that I wasn't looking forward to doing it.  But I focused on the data and on analyzing it, and it turned out to be soothing in its own way, even fun.

5/16: welcome sight

A great blue heron perched in a tree along the lake.  I didn't look at him too directly as I was kayaking lest he fly away.

5/15: punctuation

I've been doing various jobs around the house and around town today, but after each one I read a few chapters of a novel.

5/14: yes!

Back on the lake at last.  Here's to what I hope will be a great summer of paddling!  I think this evening's excursion was auspicious:  mild weather, beautiful sky, turtles, flowering plants along the shoreline, waterdrops like smooth jewels on lily pads, and even a friendly fishing-woman who chatted with me.

5/13: not on the water...

...but almost.  I spent some time today getting our kayaks ready for summer launching.  Hurray!

5/12: changing the scene

I haven't switched the images on my home-office bulletin boards in ages--a year and a half!  In that time I've received so many lovely things--postcards and mail art--from people, and so I spent some time this evening sorting through my stacks of stuff and choosing pieces to put up.  The new look looks good.

5/11: bookends

Ah, back to daily bookends I love:  writing in the morning with my coffee, and walking in the evening.  My morning writing helped me to clarify and discover some thoughts, and my walk this evening was rewarded with the sight of a bat, a bunny, and an indigo bunting.

5/10: working from home

Classes are over, final exam period has ended, my grading is done--but there is still some work to do.  Happily, I could do my tasks for the day from home, where Chris and I could keep one another company and I could intersperse my work with forays into Bechdel's new book which I got in the mail yesterday.