Just saw an hysterical Monster television ad — I tried finding it on line — it doesn’t seem to be out there yet. It had to do with fighting off Mondays — very funny! It made me think about the idea that Mondays are going to be different for me for a few months. Although […]
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Movie night
January 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Movie night · Uncategorized
How is it a weekend, which promises to be so long, disappears so quickly! Had a lovely dinner in with friends last night, and today went to see a movie in an old movie theatre in a near-by town. We were very excited about it since it was to be the famous Lawrence of Arabia […]
Sabbatical – here I come!
January 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Sabbatical – here I come! · Uncategorized
I think I’m finally on sabbatical!   I know that probably seems really obvious “to the most casual observer,” but it hasn’t been to me!  Oh I had the official letter, of course, for some time — but it didn’t seem quite real. I realized today that it was because previously when one cleans out the […]
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Cold, as in weather
January 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Cold, as in weather · Uncategorized
Today’s blog should be excused — I’m tired; not having slept well last night anticipating a conversation I had today with someone important on campus (anxiety I didn’t need and I knew it, but had anyways). And, at the moment I’m really tired. But I do think icey cold days do that – a big […]
Tags: Cold winter evenings
January 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on · Uncategorized
It’s now about 6 pm.  I started this morning at about 10, took about 20 minutes for lunch and about 45 minutes to do some shoveling snow, but otherwise I have been tied to this computer for the whole day preparing for the trip. I’m amazed! I ordered some pants and other handy things that […]
Tags: getting ready·shopping online·snow