3/8: writing

...about Sofonisba Anguissola's "Chess Game."  I spent my Quiet Writing time mostly putting together some comments on a friend's poetry manuscript, but when I was done I had 10 minutes left and so filled a page with thoughts and questions about the painting.

3/7: much better

I didn't take the time at the beginning of the semester to clear some clutter from last semester.  Now that we're halfway through another semester, I thought it was high time to do so, and I found myself with the leisure today to reshelve books, tidy piles, and do some sorting.  The office feels so much better now.

3/6: less dizzy

...today than yesterday.  It makes it much easier to get things done and to enjoy the doing of them.

3/5: a treat to self

Last week I ordered some lavender infused coffee.  It was a bit pricey as coffee goes, but I wanted to give it a try.  When it arrived yesterday, Chris said that his mother (who passed away in 2005 and whom we very much miss) would have approved of my treating myself--that made me feel like I had a guardian angel for my little pleasure.

I woke up around 3 a. m. this morning with vertigo and couldn't fall back to sleep until (of course) it was time to get up and get ready for school.  So it was a day on which a special new coffee was a particular pick-me-up.  And it was so good.  I'll definitely be buying it again.

3/4: finishing

...writing a letter of recommendation much more quickly than I anticipated, giving me the chance to go to bed a little early and (hopefully) sleep away a cold.

3/3: three

...cats curled up on me as I was reading in bed this morning.

3/2: a marvelous unicorn

...on stage, quietly miming the eating of flowers.

3/1: seeing

...one of my students' excitement as she works on her illuminated manuscript presentation.