28 and the wtf is going strong ... this is not the never ending story I wanted to be part of

September 21

 

Dreamt of David. He was having a party with some very weird women in attendance. One of them was funny though, and nice. 

Julia back at work for the last few weeks. Milestones and forms updated. Ate - thai - at my desk and prepared for class that went okay. They listened and listened and then actually had some energy for discussion ... yay.

World: 31,201,975 - 938,870

US: 6,833,931 - 199,817 dead
Sweden: 88,237 - 5,865 dead
Russia: 1,105,048 - 19,420 dead

Texas: 713,361 - 15,088 dead

Florida: 685,439 - 13,317 dead

 

 

September 22

I don't know what happened - if anything happened. I did talk to mom in the morning and Jonas in the evening. Jim made hobo dinners. Returned to Start Trek Discovery - Stamets getting lost in the mycelial network seems an apt metaphor.

World: 31,517,087 - 969,578

US: 6,896,218 - 200,786 dead
Sweden: 89,436 - 5,870 dead
Russia: 1,105,048 - 19,420 dead

Texas: 741,663 - 15,229 dead

Florida: 687,909 - 13,416 dead

 

 

September 23

Breanna Taylor's killers were not held accountable. Protests across the country. Cut Jim's hair.

World: 31,779,533 - 975,100

US: 6,933,248 - 201,880 dead
Sweden: 89,756 - 5,876 dead
Russia:

Texas: 742,913 - 15,372 dead

Florida: 690,499 - 13,618 dead

 

 

September 24

Started the day with Ackerman workshop on race. Very mixed bag of speakers with interesting but unusual speakers. Then lunch from Long John Silver at the park - a brief walk and a lovely compliment on my blue necklace. Then work and an admin meeting where I talked about the survey and got questions on everything it didn't do. *sigh* ... then a workshop where the poetry broke me. I was not able to do that work on tap and folded and then apparently missed a good discussion. Feeling very vulnerable and far from knowing what to do and not sure how to get there. Stopped by the second meet of GirlUp and they graciously let me go. Jim suggested a nap which helped and the hobo dinner night three also helped together with the last episode of season one of Discovery.

World: 32,141,082 - 981,808

US: 6,977,521 - 202,798 dead
Sweden: 90,289 - 5,878 dead
Russia:

Texas: 747,366 - 15,510 dead

Florida: 693,040 - 13,795 dead

 

 

September 25

Today went better. Grad team meeting with Buki. Talked to Mom and had a brief visit with Kendra. Jim lost a hearing aid. Dinner from Terry Blacks. Watched two episodes of Rached - excellent acting and beautiful sceneries, but empty. Again and still, having to pull myself together. Feeling like I am behind but not sure where or how. OH yeah, assessment ...

World: 32,475,585 - 987,754

US: 7,032,595 - 203,746 dead
Sweden: 90,923 - 5,880 dead
Russia:

Texas: 751,068 - 15,610 dead

Florida: 695,887 - 13,915 dead

 

 

September 26

Nurse Rached - dinner from Terry Blacks. I guess I just missed it?

 

September 27

 

Rachel and apartment hunting. She will make a spreadsheet. Got stuff from the store room. Prepared a midterm handout. Made a heavy brown and white necklace. More startrek. NYT say they have the tax transcripts ... lots and lots and lots of data.

World: 32,995,554 - 996,682

US: 7,114,235 - 204,752 dead
Sweden: 90,923 - 5,880 dead
Russia:

Texas: 758,756 - 15,745 dead

Florida: 700,654 - 14,032 dead

 

WTF 27 - The second half of a year begins

 September 14

Spent most of the day prepping for class - and it went well. Watched a Jack Reacher while I made a necklace.

World: 29,190,588 - 927,245

US: 6,553,399 - 194,489 dead
Sweden: 85,558 - 5,837 dead
Russia:

Texas: 685,748 - 14,451 dead

Florida: 665,730 - 12,642 dead

 

 

 September 15

Called Jonas to wish him happy birthday. Met a couple of students (one prospective Archer) and went to the rv place and they did not show their rvs because of the pandemic ... stopped at the Wooden spoon and got bread and licorish and then home and finally worked on the donation button and the other stuff.

Phew. Then episodes three and four of Discovery.

World: 29,477,183 - 933,490

US: 6,604,156 - 195,765 dead
Sweden: 87,345 - 5,851 dead
Russia:

Texas: 692,752 - 14,593 dead

Florida: 668,846 - 12,787 dead

 

 

 September 16

Went to campus for lunch with Kim - really nice with a real life event. Student complaints against a ranting prof. Navigating, navigating .... Missives to and from MW and a text from D. so a social day. Called Caleb in the evening and then watched five and six of Discovery. So so tired.

World: 29,760,579 - 939,427

US: 6,629,702 - 196,752 dead
Sweden: 87,575 - 5,860 dead
Russia:

Texas: 696,807 - 14,738 dead

Florida: 671,201 - 12,939 dead

 

 

 September 17

Slept late so I was better early in the day. Got some things done. Got not enough done. Read-In was good. Admin meeting okay. NR will apparently talk to the offender.

World: 30,067,758 - 944,856

US: 6,674,411 - 197,633 dead
Sweden: 87,885 - 5,864 dead
Russia:

Texas: 701,350 - 14,826 dead

Florida: 674,456 - 13,086 dead

 

 

September 18
I got The Crying book and it is beautiful. RBG died. Scared, tired, depressed. Then I think people, some people, went through the holocaust, died in the trenches in WWI. We went for chocolate fudge sundaes late.

World: 30,406,197 - 950,520

US: 6,723,933 - 198,570 dead
Sweden: 88,237 - 5,865 dead
Russia:

Texas: 704,563 - 14,951 dead

Florida: 677,660 - 13,225 dead

 

 

September 19

 

I read in The Crying book and it is beautiful. We went for breakfast to Oddfellows but it was too full, so instead we went to Fuel City for breakfast tacos and then to get the mail and then to Specs for more Campari. They also have Fernet Menta. Dinner at Lauri's. Tenuous grip on reality - fading in and out.

World: 30,674,077 - 955,440

US: 6,764,803 - 199,258 dead
Sweden: 88,237 - 5,865 dead
Russia:

Texas: 707,940 - 15,051 dead

Florida: 681,233 - 13,287 dead

 

 

September 20

 

Talked to Rachel for two and a half hours and to Annika for an hour and a half. Went to see the RV and booked it. Got all the laundry done and vaccuming. Numbers from the morning of the 21st.

World: 31,092,895 - 961,301

US: 6,812,470 - 199,517 dead
Sweden: 88,237 - 5,865 dead
Russia: 1,105,048 - 19,420 dead

Texas: 713,007 - 15,088 dead

Florida: 683,754 - 13,296 dead

 

 

26wtf26 ... did you know 26 weeks is half a year ...

September 7

Labor day. Started rough but got better. Rewatched Zodiac and almost rented an RV.

World: 27,255,750 - 891,285

US: 6,300,606 - 189,206 dead
Sweden: 85,558 - 5,837 dead
Russia:

Texas: 659,051 - 13,697 dead

Florida: 648,269 - 11,871 dead

 

September 8

Worked late and did the History talk for HUMA 6300. Talked to David.

World: 27,477,869 - 896,173

US: 6,326,510 - 189,637 dead
Sweden: 85,707 - 5,838 dead
Russia:

Texas: 662,427 - 13,792 dead

Florida: 650,092 - 11,915 dead

 

September 9

Day off - no boat ride but we took the cats to the vet and learned that Sigmund has kidney issues. Lunch in the park in Arlington, short stop at Michaels, got the cats back and then watched three episodes of Young Wallander. Talked to Beth about the trip and I think we are settled.

World: 27,756,335 - 902,141

US: 6,359,576 - 190,796 dead
Sweden: 85,880 - 5,842 dead
Russia:

Texas: 667,500 - 13,923 dead

Florida: 652,259 - 12,110 dead

 

September 10

Day started with meeting w Shilyh, Pam, J and A. Went better than I feared. Then training from 22KILL and smore meetings. Admin meeting went okay. Jonas called (yay) and I got some done. Looks like the software I got will be great to edit videos - and not too terribly difficult to learn (We'll see).

World: 28,064,801 - 908,257

US: 6,396,073 - 191,753 dead
Sweden: 86,194 - 5,843 dead
Russia:

Texas: 669,592 - 13,930 dead

Florida: 654,731 - 12,326 dead

 

 

September 11

19 years since 9/11. Premiere Rush works just fine when I figure it out. Adobe messing with me a bit, but mostly fine. Michele gave me an idea for how to grade the blog - just add to the total - so first x out of 16, then x+x out of 32, etc. Nils called to ask about something I had not done, but I got it over to him before the end of the day, so that was okay ... I guess. Some seem to have maybe forgotten they cannot use attendance as part of the grade for asynchronous students, hmmm. Sarah Millican is awesome.

World: 28,331,121 - 913,015

US: 6,443,227 - 192,968 dead
Sweden: 86,505 - 5,846 dead
Russia:

Texas: 675,034 - 14,227 dead

Florida: 658,381 - 12,502 dead

 

September 12

What do I say ... regular run-ins are exhausting. We had breakfast at the park and before dinner we went and got a new rokuplayer that does cbs all access. Watched three first episodes of NCIS, sorta by mistake.

World: 28,661,777 - 919,094

US: 6,483,064 - 193,676 dead
Sweden: 86,505 - 5,846 dead
Russia:

Texas: 677,716 - 14,332 dead

Florida: 661,571 - 12,600 dead

 

September 13

Better day. Talked to Rachel and almost finished book 9 (next week we will finish). Breakfast and then work for a bit and then out and picked up my prescription and then had lunch at schlotzky's on our way to elmonterv where we looked at rvs and got some ideas and then picked up the mail in arlington and then came home and did laundry and then we got pizza and watched two episodes of Star Trek Discovery and I almost cried at the sense of hope, of perseverance, of duty. 

Jim had sent me a link to a review of the new Terence Malik movie - a hidden life - based on a quote from George Eliot about the honor of the hidden life, the life of Dorothea. 

Eliot evokes the infinite ways that ongoing acts of moral courage throughout history are inevitably forgotten: “…[T]he growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”

Of course no one in star trek lives a hidden life, but it gives comfort to think that dreams matter, that serving in some small capacity is possible and relevant. 

World: 28,902,170 - 922,735

US: 6,519,554 - 194,073 dead
Sweden: 86,505 - 5,846 dead
Russia:

Texas: 681,885 - 14,405 dead

Florida: 663,994 - 12,608 dead

 

And on to WTF 25 we go

 August 31

Symposium in a face to face class. Went pretty well, I think. They had read and they had thought about it. Not necessarily getting all the pieces in the right order, but still. And they talked, and engaged - Almost a third of them spoke regularly.

Before that Holly wanted numbers on Fred and Milt and Nils wanted the remaining committees for ZO. I sent out a survey and it took all of 2 minutes for Michael to find something missing. I fixed it. Then someone else found something else missing. Good times.

World: 25,405,845 - 849,389
US: 6,029,695 - 183,585 dead
Sweden: 84,379 - 5,808 dead
Russia: 

Texas: 632,739 - 12,779 dead

Florida: 623,471 - 11,187 dead

 

September 1

Tired tired and trouble focusing all day. Got names to Nils of committee members after I had spent hours trying to remap the network drives - arrrgh. Still no luck getting utd email to show up on my phone. Bleah. Finally had Jollibee for lunch and it was kinda sad. Chicken was not bad but the fries were ice cold and they were out of corn and halo halo. So, you know, sigh.

World: 25,650,801 - 854,596
US: 6,072,871 - 184,629 dead
Sweden: 84,521 - 5,813 dead
Russia: 

Texas: 637,590 - 12,904 dead

Florida: 631,040 - 11,374 dead

 

 

September 2

Dale's birthday, things and stuff and meetings and a less mercenary colleague and a staff meeting with never have I ever and a meeting about the new website and then we got the scooter for Harold and lost the cotter pin for the trailer and had to tape it together but we got it home. J had a freak out during the afternoon and generally panicked about the universe, but I think he got better. Samantha Bee did not make me feel stronger or better or happier. Told KG about how my body is trying to communicate with very odd symptoms how it understands something is wrong that is different, but does not know how to explain the weird.

World: 25,937,029 - 861,668
US: 6,113,182 - 185,707 dead
Sweden: 84,532 - 5,820 dead
Russia: 1,001,965 - 17,365

Texas: 641,855 - 13,104 dead

Florida: 633,442 - 11,501 dead

 

September 3

Stomach was queasy and I was in pain. Still went to Lowe's and got the cotter pin for the trailer and had lunch from Taco Bell. Talked wiht Beth about a trip and what needs to happen.Then admin meeting and a looong discussion about the language requirement. Dinner with ham sandwich and Sarah Millican. and Sarah Pascoe. and Mo Welch.

World: 26,208,690 - 867,219
US: 6,149,265 - 186,785 dead
Sweden: 84,729 - 5,832 dead
Russia:

Texas: 645,422 - 13,296 dead

Florida: 637,013 - 11,650 dead

 

 

September 4

Weird morning. Lunch from Potbelly in the park and the end if night... with Lucas Davenport. Talked to mom for an hour ... nice to catch up. Ended the day with Michele having questions about the graduate program and rules. Dinner from PF Chang and a minor crossways bit. I am so over that. If the stories coming out are true (and I think they are) and if the disrespect and dishonor are believed, the fruit may have planted its last potato. Talked with Jonas a bit, yay. Watched the Truman Show which really was a good retelling of Plato's cave allegory. Soundtrack by Philip Glass no less.

World: 26,510,880 - 872,569
US: 6,199,334 - 187,710 dead
Sweden: 84,985 - 5,835 dead
Russia:

Texas: 651,159 - 13,409 dead

Florida: 640,211 - 11,750 dead

 

September 5

Breakfast at McDonalds and the park - very short walk. Home for a bit, then post office and the Amon Carter, then lunch at McInleys (or some such) at university park - great chicken salad. Quick stop at JJills and then to Kroeger where it rained when we got out with our shopping. Lots of people and several who do not know how to wear a mask. Arrrgh. Home and crashed and then The Autopsy of Jane Doe about a witch, maybe and The Outlaw Josey Wales ... strange and a bit of southern propaganda, but interesting none the less.

World: 26,782,582 - 878,237
US: 6,245,112 - 188,535 dead
Sweden: 84,985 - 5,835 dead
Russia:

Texas: 655,815 - 13,576 dead

Florida: 643,867 - 11,811 dead

 

September 6

Talked to Inger and later to Annika. Was called a coward with lunch (that one will hurt for a while). Cleaned out the truck and watched Quigley down under. Did not end well. Almost figured out an RV.

World: 27,105,151 - 883,342
US: 6,276,421 - 188,941 dead
Sweden: 84,985 - 5,835 dead
Russia:

Texas: 658,202 - 13,654 dead

Florida: 646,431 - 11,849 dead