Susan and I walked early on Wednesday, rescheduled from our usual Monday because she was on grandma childcare duty on Monday. We were going early because I was supposed to be downtown at 10:00 for a coffee date. But, my 10:00 cancelled, so I went grocery shopping instead. And experienced some supply chain issue frustrations. … [Read more…]
Oh, hey, hi – remember me? I’ve been not doing a lot of stuff recently … not taking pictures of cookies, not writing blog posts, not keeping track of what I’m eating and how much I’m exercising in my diet & exercise app. Some days I walk 5 miles, some days none. I have been … [Read more…]
We went on another trip to Chicago, an overnight for a Friday evening symphony and there was no school that day, so our exchange student came with. We stayed at a Fairfield Inn to get a pull out couch for the kid. We did a bunch of things we had not done since pandemic, like … [Read more…]
I’ve even been eating breakfast at my computer, which I had pretty much stopped doing during this long work from home period. I stand at my computer so eating there seems pretty uncivilized. In the office, I would do it sometimes, and way back at the beginning of pandemic, I mirrored that behavior (pic below … [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…]
It’s been the long, lost week that ended with Mother’s Day. I was so busy grading with work work work, emailing students & sites about summer practicums, meetings, other administrivia, and moderating sessions at the Wisconsin Library Association Public Libraries conference that I didn’t take very many walks or bike rides – with the stunning … [Read more…]
This weekend my me time on Saturday morning turned into work time, so no weekend blog post. Friday morning my walk was the hellebore walk. I put the pics on Instagram and made a banner for the blog. Everyone liked the pics on Insta, but I still feel like I’m in a terribly not reflective … [Read more…]
So, I feel like I haven’t been recording the things on my blog that I normally do. I mean, in theory my tagline is “reflections on life & food”, so I like to write about what I’ve been watching and reading and cooking and eating. But it’s winter and it’s too dark to take pictures … [Read more…]
What a f**king day…. Fridays are supposed to be relaxing but this one just was not. Since 2010 I’ve been in charge of a multi-day orientation for students in the iSchool’s (formerly School of Library & Information Studies) online masters degree. We make them come to campus and meet in person, before starting their online … [Read more…]
Last night I came home from work and turned on the radio to listen to NPR while I cooked dinner (fried rice, with shredded pork & chicken, sweet peppers, carrots, scallions, peas, garlic & ginger. Just realized I forgot the egg). And entered the Twilight Zone. NPR had decided to devote coverage to a press … [Read more…]