thoughts about ish
Usually I have a lot to say and add to the journals I've posted for my students. Today, I don't really have any additions. Spring break started, technically, yesterday so I posted one entry just for Saturday and Sunday. Because of events that happened today and new information that came out, I will definitely update again tomorrow with NSFK (not safe for kids, get it? details. So click the read more and enjoy my first spring break weekend update. Sunday, March 22, 2020:
Technically I would still call this Saturday, but it’s after midnight so I’m going to claim this as a new day. Yesterday was officially the first day of Spring Break. Any other year, I probably would have planned some kind of trip to somewhere nearby with friends to spend a few days away from all responsibility. This year I didn’t plan anything because I was supposed to go to Europe this summer to visit friends I haven’t seen since my graduation from graduate school. So not only did COVID-19 make it impossible for me to make any last minute spring break plans, it made it impossible to see friends that I would have gone 14 months without seeing. It’s just another disruption to my life. And it isn’t even my daily life that was disrupted, but my future life. I had worked really hard to be able to go to London to see them and now I can’t because we risk spreading germs. I really did not start my spring break with anything exciting. Because my game night had been canceled we were going to try doing a virtual game night… It would have worked except some people do not answer their texts making it impossible to connect at the same time. So I had my own. I played a couple games on my phone, but once I got bored with that I moved to a card game I can play by myself: Solitaire -- with actual cards. I sat on my living room floor and played for two hours. I lost a lot more times than I won. I also went running. Thankfully it was cold outside so there were not a lot of people in the park or on the trail that I love to run. (The other day a lady actually walked in the middle of the path and then stopped so I had to run through the mud to get around her.) It was nice to have a little moment of peace just for me. I’m also starting to appreciate the time that I have by myself a lot more. Well, sort of. Maybe it’s just that I always take it for granted. I still miss going to Monticello every day and seeing my students. I’ve also taken all of those moments for granted because I do not love sitting at home all day. Besides, I love it when I’m able to talk to students every day and the times when they make me laugh. Since this is acting as my entire weekend journal (I don’t want to write two of them today), I’ll let you know what I’m going to do on Sunday. Probably the same thing I did Saturday without the running but adding some grading. Sundays have always been my grading days so I’m not going to change that just because it’s spring break or because we are working from home. I’ll also be doing laundry and cleaning because sometimes I also have to be an adult and keep my life together (don’t grow up, adult chores are not better than kid chores). Sunday will be pretty boring. But I’m sure I’ll find some way to make it interesting. Enjoy your spring break,
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