I’m not teaching today, so I did the following:
– took Klara for a walk. She is moody today and needs a lot of love.
– took her to Panera for breakfast. My breakfast, obviously.
– went to the bank to take out $100 in $1 bills. The egg delivery gentleman stopped accepting checks and wants cash every week. It’s easier for me to take out the whole amount until the end of the academic year than worry about making exact change every week.
– shopped for groceries.
– made fish kotlety that are absolutely delicious but that take forever to make with my stupid blender.
– did the laundry.
– made sweet potato puree for Klara.
– washed and set up a new baby gym for Klara. I’m not wasteful, I get these things for free.
– prepared activities for tomorrow’s class on gustar + infinitive.
– prepared activities for tomorrow’s class on the expulsion of Jews from Spain.
– answered student emails.
– set up a meeting for the committee I’m chairing.
– boiled Klara’s bottles.
– then boiled her dummies and the thingies we use to attach the dummies to her clothes.
– read my new book on Basque separatists.
– answered an email from my departmental Chair.
– posted on my online course blog.
– prepared fresh water for the formula.
And all this with a cranky baby demanding attention, food, changing, playing, kisses, etc.
And it’s only a quarter to 2.
It’s ok, tomorrow I will be on campus, resting. Because compared to this, teaching is a snooze.
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Just reading this made me feel tired.
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Yeah, I’d go for a good long nap right now. But it will have to wait until my office hours tomorrow. 😆😆😆
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This post made me smile. I have been in the same boat so many times (e.g., when a kid is sick) and once you start putting down all you’ve done during the day, the number of tasks is truly astonishing!
Btw, I started using the pedometer app on my phone. I walk 1-2k steps in the morning just while giving all the kids breakfast, packing lunch for everyone, making sure everyone is dressed and, if applicable, has gone potty, getting self presentable. I also do about 1k steps pacing during a single lecture. Who says academic life is sedentary? 😉
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Oh yes, I never even sit down in class. I’m sure my students don’t even know if I know how to sit. 😃
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I did laundry.
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I’m not teaching today, so I did the following:
– went to the bank to take out $100 in $1 bills. The egg delivery gentleman stopped accepting checks and wants cash every week. It’s easier for me to take out the whole amount until the end of the academic year than worry about making exact change every week.
– made fish kotlety that are absolutely delicious but that take forever to make with my stupid blender.
– washed and set up a new baby gym for Klara. I’m not wasteful, I get these things for free.
1)You have an egg delivery person and the bank doesn’t give you fits about wanting 100 $1 bills?
2)Get a new powerful blender because that’ll be so worth it. Of course, if something is tough or there’s a lot of food to blend, you might still have to take breaks to prevent the blender engine from overheating.
3)Baby gyms are a waste? :p
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Yes, there is this man who raises his own chickens and brings eggs to campus. The yolks are actually orange! Totally worth it.
The banks are used to people asking for small change, I think. For small businesses, for instance.
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I should have read this before.
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This is a new blender. But it’s really stupid.
Babies seem to get bored with baby gyms after a while and crave novelty. Not that I condemn them for that. 😃
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Egg delivery?
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A fellow brings me eggs that he lays himself. Or his hens lay them, which is almost the same thing.
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We don’t have this here.
This is out of topic, but they determined that I’m good enough to take Advanced English IV immediately. I had the first course yesterday evening and I felt better about my speaking than I’ve thought.
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I told you that your English was kicking ass.
Congratulations! 🍹🍾🎊🎉
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Thank you!
In fact, I have more work to do about my writing.
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I should have said, “on my writing”.
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So many things! I slept all day.
Does your bank have a machine they use to spit out so many $1 bills? Or do they count them out by hand?
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It’s likely they have a machine that counts out the bills. They won’t rely solely on a clerk counting them out by hand. It’s too error prone and will take too long.
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The teller has prepackaged stacks. I think it’s for small cash businesses.
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That’s an amazing amount of accomplishment before 2pm. Nice work.
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