2-3-18

We had dinner tonight at our friend Terri's house. She is a local artist and her house was full of her artwork: sculptures, paintings, collages. She had artfully organized collections of shells and rocks and other found items. It was fun seeing her studio and meeting her cats. Speaking of cats, here's mine chilling on her back in my arms.

2-2-18

Friday. I had a department meeting today.

I also added two people to my mural.

I also went to see the bowls that I'd made for the Empty Bowls project. Dungaree Denim is the glaze name.

This evening Dan and I went to a concert and I knitted during it.

2-1-18

This morning I realized my calendar was blank. So, I sent a text to my friend J to see if she had time to meet with me to discuss our grant. Before I left the house, I got an email from a student asking me if I needed any help today.

So I met my friend for coffee and talked shop and talked about life. Then I met my student at my office and she helped me organize a pile of papers and organize my life a bit. I got to see a few more students, which was great. One wrote a song on the ukulele about the edTPA. Brilliant.

1-31-18

Today is today, the last day in January. Today was the blue/blood/lunar eclipse, but I didn't see it. This is a screenshot from a life feed from California.

I'm struggling.

Today I had a meeting with a student and my colleague participated. Her chair was all scooted back from the table as if to make a statement that she didn't want to come near my desk.

This morning I realized that I've not been taking my thyroid pills. Somehow I got it in my head that I take 3 pills in the morning when I'm supposed to take 4. I don't know how long it's been going on that I've not been taking my thyroid pills. When the pharmacy phoned that my refill was ready it confused me. I have two weeks' worth left in the bottle so I might have missed a half month of thyroid meds. That might explain a few things.

1-30-18

I finished this Merino wool blanket today. It's got a blues look to it, so maybe my first grandson will get it. It still needs blocking, but it took months to make.

1-29-18

This is what my hair looks like put up in a hyperbolic crocheted plane, with a crochet hook anchoring it.

1-28-18

Church today. I played piano and these three sang some songs also. I stayed afterwards to clean up, and Dan was a greeter.

1-26-18

I threw a bit today--- actually, I think I trimmed. I went out to a school to see some students. Tried to pull myself together.

1-25-18

I spent all day on the couch or bed mostly crying today. Could not go to work. I was so upset by the way my colleague treated me yesterday that it just seemed to ruin everything.

Meanwhile, Gwennie went to that arts thing and purchased this tile, then realized I'd painted it. Recognize it? It seemed like a good omen of something. I don't know. It's interesting how every little dust speck of cobalt turned up blue.

1-24-18

Today was horrible. My character was attacked by a colleague and it just hurt so badly. It occurred in the evening, so I was able to work today, and I even went to the store to get Teensie a harness so I can take her outside. I call it her coat. She likes wearing her coat.

1-21-18

Today I hosted a baby shower for my student from Saudi Arabia. She received tons of gifts and went home with a packed car. It was really really nice to be able to do that for her. Made me feel good inside.

1-19-18

My students cleaned up the science storage room for me. Bless them.

1-18-18

There is a new app that compares what you look like to major works of art.

Geez. This is what I have in store for me.

Well... it looks like I'm well on the way already.

Today is Aza's 30th birthday which makes me feel really old.

My baby girl is 30.

That's her on her baba below.... in Alexandria at 4 months old.

1-17-18

Picture perfect postcard from the snowy south. We got the day off, and I took Teensie outside to put her paws in the frosty goodness. I think we got 2 inches or so. I actually woke up at 4am to watch it come down it was so amazing.

1-15-18

I had coffee today with a former student who is now teaching geology at the university. It's nice when former students become colleagues and friends. Geez, my eyes look tired and puffy.

It's Monday a Holiday, MLK Day so I don't have to teach, but all the Mondays after today I will teach.

1-13-18

The pottery studio was open today (Saturday) for us to throw pots for the Empty Bowls project. I painted these tiles for a different project to raise money for the local arts association. I used cobalt, so the decoration will turn out blue. They will be given out to new members of the arts association.

1-10-18

Woke at 4am.

Realized I'd left some folks off the mural.

Researched and printed.

Made bullet coffee and slurped it down.

Left house at 5:30am.

Painted for an hour.

Got home by 7am.

Workers had started on the side porch.

I tried to take a nap-- no good.

Headache.

Got to school by 11am (again) for meeting.

Did lunch.

Got praise from students and department head for mural!

1-9-18

Today was nuts. I spent the late afternoon and evening working on my mural. Five hours total.

This photo above taken of furniture we bought over the weekend. I can't wait for the weather to cooperate so I can lounge out there.

This photo taken this afternoon. We are getting a new floor for our porch. Dan had to pry up all the floorboards with had gaps between each.

1-7-18

The weekends are never long enough. Today we went to church and then I came home and reviewed a manuscript, reviewed a dissertation proposal, and then it was dinner time and I was tired.

Here is a photo of Dan planting an azalea in the church yard.

1-6-18

We got this shelf today! I put some pottery on it and it looks really nice.

It's .3 degrees slanted to the left though.... which doesn't sound like much, but it amounts to enough that I can tell. Picky about things being parallel.

Today I interviewed a potential PhD student while Dan helped me move a bookcase into my office and load up books on it. It's bigger so I'll have more room for books I need to bring from home. It was nice getting the help.

1-3-18

Today I had a mammogram and ultrasound in the morning, and then had to rush to school and look for my key, then paint one more person on the mural, then meet a colleague at the bank. Quite a rush.

1-2-18

Today is today.

My memory has been so bad lately, it's hard to go back and fill in this blog after the fact. Hell, it's hard at the end of a day.

Today. What did I do today???

Thinking.

I had a meeting at 10:30 at Panera Bread.

Then I had a meeting at Mama Mochas.

Then I came home and worked on the mural.

It was very very cold today.

We ate left overs. Tamales.

I ate a piece of cake.

Teensie discovered how fun it is to play with TP.

We watched an episode of Black Mirror.

I updated my blog.

Squirt got home. Finally.

Jes is OK (She got hurt on NYE but she's ok)

Tomorrow I have my annual stupid stupid mammogram. I hate those things and they are no good anyways.

1-1-18

Today my son left for Oregon. It ended up taking him over 24 hours to get home due to a flight cancellation in San Francisco. I cried when I dropped him off at the shuttle- my last child to fly the nest again. We won't all be together for a year unless we can all manage the reunion this summer. Hopefully!

Sister and niece and nephew left too... and it was a sad new year's day.

12-31-17

New Year's Eve--- party tonight at Nana's.

I worked on my mural- Dan helped me hang it, and then he went and walked stairs with Michael.

Here's a sneak peak

At the party were my parents and brother Will and sister Sta and Kels and lots of friends. We left before midnight to get home.

12-30-17

The Cefaly thing makes my face hurt really bad where I've circled. Not sure about this thing.

12-29-17

Got the Cefaly today. Not fun. Hurts so much. Not sure about this electrocution procedure to treat my face pain.
Went shoe shopping with Jes today before taking her to the shuttle to the airport. One more gone. Not good.

12-28-17

My nephew is in town-- with my niece and sister.

My new year's resolution. 

12-27-17

Aza had to leave today.

It was so sad taking her to the shuttle to the airport.

We took this photo before she left-- my parents in the back.

My family.

12-26-17

The game of the season is Catan. I'm not very good at it, and Dan is "red."

See the squirt bottle?

That's to keep Teensie off the table.

12-25-17

Christmas morning traditional breakfast!

We ate, opened gifts, then went to Nana's for dinner.

12-24-17

Squirt arrived!

All my kids under one roof at last.

I played piano for the Christmas eve service at church and then when I got back, dinner was ready because I'd put it in the crock pot. The girls came with me to church, and my mom and dad were there too. I played something like 15 songs.