Election Day was last Tuesday, and it was so busy that I worked from 6:00 to 4:00 instead of the 6:00 to 1:30 that I was scheduled for. And for the rest of the week it seemed like everyone I talked to was tired, but sort of happy. We elected a liberal supreme court justice … [Read more…]
And sometimes I can swing my leg thru when I get on the bike, rather than awkwardly climbing on. Although sometimes I take pleasure because I think it’s a fake out – I look clumsy getting on but once I’m up I’m more graceful – so maybe the cars’ll stay outta my way. So life … [Read more…]
Friday was the last day of classes. It was a Jasper-care day for me, doing some grading and catching up on email while he napped. The kids let me off early because I had to drive down to campus to run the iSchool student awards ceremony, a hybrid event, decoupled from the graduation ceremony for … [Read more…]
On Thursday, I had my last meeting ever of an executive committee that I’ve been on for almost 7 years, shared governance at the University. I’ve hit term limits, so couldn’t stand for re-election in the spring. Since it was my last meeting, at the end we went around the zoom and everyone said something … [Read more…]
Even though it’s getting summer-y. Or maybe because it’s getting summer-y; too much time spent at the WFH office computer feeling like I’m too hot, and I have a headache, and it’s nice outside, “Do I have to do this now?” Although there was a lot of time this week when it hasn’t been so … [Read more…]
We had all round food, well, and almost round food, for brunch today. Pepper & egg fritatta, sweet potato quesadillas. And leftover sticky buns frozen since Christmas – they were the almost round. And what did we eat the rest of the week? On Monday I made turkey divan with broccoli and cheese sauce and … [Read more…]
After that cranky Friday, there was a whole weekend, during which I spent a good bit of time preparing for Tuesday’s election. Saturday we biked to the Farmers Market in a hurry so I could get back in time to drive to the City County Building to pick up the supply tote. See Mark’s cat … [Read more…]
So many dinners, and meals, and cleaning up – that I’m not taking pictures of – so many walks – that I’m not taking pictures of – so many online meetings – that I do have a few pictures of. Collections of (mostly) old people on zoom. I left off last Saturday when I baked … [Read more…]
Over dinner on July 6 we were saying we wished all weekends could be four days. That’s why I thought my mom had the perfect schedule, back in the ’90s when she ran a small library at Braddock Hospital, now UPMC Braddock – oops I guess now closed, UPMC Braddock from 1996-2009. Mom retired in … [Read more…]
We did a Wednesday to Monday Door County vacation, me, Mark, and Anna, our AFS student who’s barely been here 10 days. Wednesday was a travel day and White Gull Fish boil for dinner. I had 32 5-page papers to read from my summer class and the cabin WiFi was a little iffy, so I … [Read more…]