Well, I Now Have Chairs, Too. Piecing Together a Back Patio One Day at a Time. Trying to Give Myself Partial Days Off To Heal from the Last Year

I have to keep reminding myself that I didn't have a winter break and I've been going since...well, forever. I spent my holidays driven to help students to get to where they needed to be. Whether or not that comes to fruition depends on how their Capstone is taught. All I know is that it isn't being taught by me. 

I did several recommendations yesterday, returned calls to Principals to respond to background checks, wrote a few peer observations, and manage to get five new porch chairs. This means I will not be buying a new set, as I thought I would. The tables survived the winter...the chairs did not. Actually, 3 of 8 made it. One by one, last summer, they all started falling apart at the seams. But finding alternative chairs will keep me in place for a while.

It was 90 degrees, but not 90-humid degrees. Karal could be walked. Yard work could be completed. Journal correspondences could occur. 

I also soaked a set of ribs and the marination smelled so good. I cooked them, too, and matching this with Oona's cantinas made for a fantastic, spur-of-the-moment Tuesday dinner. I'm still licking my chops thinking about it. It truly does make a difference to have a porch open for business (and by that I mean grilling). 

I need to be on campus to inventory items and ready myself for July programs (of course, meeting with the Office of Research & Grants, too, also is a mainstay). What I do appreciate, though, is not having to be 100% committed to students through coursework and advising. It offers a temporary time of evenings off.