11/8: a quiet close
...to the school week. (I have to call it the "school week," because it's now the case that the "work week" never ends.) A student and I met to talk through a collage project he's been doing since the spring. It felt good to discuss his pieces in an unrushed way, and undisturbed by general comings and goings around us since we were the only people left in my part of the hall by that time of the day. The sky outside my windows was dark and close, making it feel even more like we had a temporary special space marked off from the rest of the world for our conversation.
11/7: the arrival
...of a chapbook of erasures which a friend and I collaborated on. As payment, we each got 13 copies from the publisher.
11/6: a variety of good things
Listening to my beginning Latin students' recordings.
Enjoying a good conversation in the Percy Jackson class.
Having nice office hour meetings with students.
Getting closer to being caught up on grading.
Receiving a few pieces of candy from a student.
Being stung by a wasp but hurting from it for just a few seconds.
Writing to a colleague with a concern and having it addressed very quickly and smoothly.
11/4: making headway
...with designing (and writing descriptions of) some assignments for the upper-level Latin class.
11/3: ordering
...some photo prints to test holiday card possibilities. I had worked on some options in mid-October but then delayed getting prints made. I'm glad I took the time to submit an order today: the cards should reach me by mid-November, giving me just enough time to rush-order a bunch of whichever one I choose for holiday mailing.
11/2: morning, afternoon, evening
Morning: voting without a long line.
Afternoon: baking a chocolate gingerbread cake (recipe here).
Evening: doing 3 school tasks.
11/1: good afternoon meetings
...with students. It was a tough week in many ways, so I was especially grateful for thoughtful, unrushed conversations in my office this afternoon.
Oh! And a bonus good thing: a student gave me a little bag of Halloween goodies.
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