Set an alarm to get up at 6:30 to finish grading a big batch of student papers. Didn’t want to. Eyes want to close. Got dressed (major triumph), took meds, waiting for them and tea to kick in (soon, please). Reading papers now. Oh Monday. Why ya gotta do me like this?
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I’ve got a bad cough and the sniffles (not COVID, don’t worry), and I was going to just go in to teach because I feel basically fine otherwise, and I was just getting ready to drive into campus — and then I realized that even with masks on, coughing straight through the class in a
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I admit, I had a moment when I woke up and it was grey and very blustery and last night I’d had terrible trouble falling asleep after having some more of the annoying cold symptoms (not COVID, tested) that I had last week, when I thought, “I *could* just call in sick and record a
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Was stressing out because I forgot to charge my computer before coming into campus today OR pack a power cord, and I need it for teaching again at 3 so I can Zoom in a student with disabilities who can’t attend class in person. Was trying to figure out if I could possibly stretch it
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Didn’t have time to sew a matching mask outfit for Monday teaching this week, but am reasonably pleased with coordinating pinks and purples in hair, top, mask, and cardigan. Autumn isn’t just for oranges and yellows. Am honestly feeling a little groggy this Monday, but will be teaching Butler and Delany today, which is bound
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Whew. Kavi finished her giant overdue project with one day to spare before the end of the quarter. Bless all the teachers who give no-penalty extensions. (Myself included!) It’s a little more work on the teacher side, but SO appreciated on the student side! Photo is exhausted me and snuggly Arya (I think he missed
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I walked in the door around 8:30 last night to find Kavi almost in tears about homework, Kevin at the end of his wits ditto, and Mommy please help. So I did — and may I just say that while There Are No Children Here is a worthy book and very relevant to my kids
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I ended up getting three books at Omnivore Books yesterday — the first was The Food Almanac, on recommendation of the bookseller, when I asked for good food nonfiction, the second, the new edition of Best American Food Writing, which I try to keep up with (my competition, as I start trying to publish food
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Re-reading recently, in preparation for teaching, thinking about what I want to say about these texts this time — it always changes, as I change, as the world changes. Sometimes I would dearly like a sabbatical, to just write and sink into it, take a real break from all the logistics of teaching, responding to
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