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Task List for Today:

• exercise (minimum 20 minutes on treadmill) — DONE (30 min) • finish grading and file grades (DUE TODAY) — DONE • tell bookstore to order book for class — DONE • book Santa Fe flight — DONE • catch up on SLF Slack — DONE • get groceries to get through week (salami for […]

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Hot Chocolate Bar

Our tea-and-coffee station is now also a hot chocolate bar. Mostly courtesy Target, I think, for the decor — the little cocoa bar sign, wintry bird, and white tree. The hot chocolate is gathered from all over — we have peppermint, Penzey’s straight hot chocolate, Mayan spice, this frozen thing that I’m honestly not sure

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Geekery and Beauty Abounding

The recipient has been INFINITELY patient waiting for this order, but in my defense, it was a large and complex order, with four matching scarf-mask combos, and I honestly kept getting confused as we changed fabrics a few times (due to some of the ones she’d initially selected being no longer available). I’m just glad

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Low-Key Party Prep

Party prep is very low-key, since this is kind of an abbreviated version of our normal holiday shindig. Hopefully next year, we’ll be back to the full spread and the hundreds of people? That would be nice! But in the meantime, a bowl full of different kind of Hershey kisses is festive, and my children

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Following Orders

Kevin, after he’s finished vacuuming: So, why did you space all the furniture out so much? Me: Well, I need room for a 6′ table in the middle, so Noelle Allen (or her staff person) can set up the SLOWFIRE ceramics there. Kevin: Oh, makes sense. I think what I love about this exchange is

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