May 15
Slowly and snarkily emerging from Grading Hell
1965
Babysitting at O's. They got home at 1 o'clock. That's 4 dollars for me! So much for financial statements.
Comment 2023
And here we fall into a Black Hole: no journal entries for this date (except for Facebook and Twitter statuses) until 2019. I blame grading and pollen.
2009 (Facebook)
Finished (for now) with all the messy chapters, next up: "A Girl is Not a Boy", all about Disney Princesses and pinkification.
Comment 2023
That chapter shrank down to just four pages in a different chapter. Best laid plans…
2011 (Twitter thread, all the same day)
Taking my laptop to church so I can keep grading while listening to the service in the foyer. Glad Unitarians are geeky and forgiving.
Will I get these grades in today? Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion! (@ Grading Hell)
Dinner break over. Back to grading. Three more papers, then final grades. (Cue theme from "Jaws".)
DC Tweeps: Sorry about the high-pitched whine you hear. I just submitted my final grades.
My reward: a Heavy Seas Belgian style IPA. 7.25 ABV
Can't be too snarky about my research methods class. They weren't that bad, and two of them follow me.
Comment 2023
I miss random apolitical Twitter.
2013 (Twitter)
I accidentally bought a craft gin flavored with, among other things, cilantro. Ick.
2017 (Facebook)
Student: I deserve an A in this class because I enjoyed it.
Professor: Yeah, I saw you enjoying it on your cell phone all the time.
Comment 2023
Retirement was just weeks away, and it shows.
2018
We are number one!
Well, only for tonight. I don’t think that we are number one in the overall rankings. But it was a fun night good to see everyone. I have been sewing some more. A pair of pants that I am somewhat happy with, except for my own fat ass.
Comment 2023
In retirement, I joined a pub trivia team.
2019
Fun night at New Deal Trivia, despite a horrible set of questions. Met a 96-year-old neighbor who remembers “Jimmy Henson” making puppets in the house two doors down from her.
Comment 2023
For 35 years, we lived about three blocks away from Kermit the Frog’s birthplace in a small Maryland suburb. We even fantasized about buying it when it ever went up for sale. It’s a modest ranch hour with just one step at the front door and no basement - ideal for older folks. But it never went on the market. Besides, the entire backyard was a bamboo forest. I must content myself with a kid who graduated from the same high school as Jim Henson and a career at his alma mater (go Terps), including seventeen years in the same college. (The College of Home Economics!)
2021
To-do list: I did it all!
Spicknall’s
Dining area
Set up laptop for Zoom display
SU Drama reunion run-through
Fellowship Dinner food order
Fellowship Dinner
Watch Pickleball
That was exhausting, but quite wonderful. I truly feel surrounded by community. More than any time in my life.
Current situation 2023
I have made you read enough, and it’s mostly about my end-of semester woes. Sorry.
May I just report that last night’s Problematic Mother’s Day event was awesome. We had snacks and libations (I had a Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA) and watched Burglar (Whoopi Goldberg, 1987).
Today I write, knit, watch a movie (and knit) and enjoy the outdoors which having a beer with a friend. Hope your day is similarly joyous.