Looking Ahead to April (with Warmer Temperatures, Poetry, a Little Singing, and Composing with Youth)

Funny how I saw a window on Wednesday and somehow filled it with 14-hours of work, planning, writing, organizing, communicating, (grading again), and thinking. I did see an eye doctor and dilation is such a joy. Also love the pffft air-test, too. New glasses will arrive in 7-10 days. I told them, "I'm a nerd. I'm okay with nerdy glasses." 

Karal and I got a walk in, but it was too cold for the long one. We cut it to a couple of miles alone (and it's going to be a rough few day with storms looking inevitable Sunday night. I'm already prepping my students for the likelihood for online meetings. I just finished a winter session. I've got the ZOOM teaching down pat. 

The temperature dropping, though, does not thrill me, because it's already too cold. Single digits are no fun, unless you're a kid and getting birthday cupcakes and candles for them.

I did begin to deliver copies of Dr. Karen Karbiener's Walt Whitman for Children books, as that is a major project I'm working on this Spring.

And checking my calendar, I see that I need to be on campus most of today for a faculty search in nursing...bring our first candidate today. I'm on 3 searches this semester and they can wipe you out, especially during these winter months when the interviews are in full swing. 

Ah, but I need to get going...but I did by a roast to crock pot to get through the weekend. I just need to get carrots. I'm ready for the comfort food for the cold-streak ahead.