Today was Benito's first day of grade 2. Technically, his school year started on Tuesday, but it was Rosh Hashanah and he was at synagogue. Also, the first day for grade 2 is one hour. Come on now. Anyway, he missed that day, and Wednesday, so today was his first day, and he was pretty psyched for it. He missed his friend Henson, he wanted to ( Read more... )

Today was possibly the busiest day of my summer.

I actually woke up with my alarm and stayed up. I got out of bed maybe 5 minutes later, and left the house no more than 10 minutes after that. I went to Benito's school's garden and harvested Swiss chard, leeks, and scallions, then drove them over to shul to donate them. They've been getting the ( Read more... )

I've entered some surrealist time frame, time period, where procrastination is eating at me over High Holiday stuff and it's messing me up all day - I mean, it's so ridiculously pared down from last year, but there's still stuff I need to practice and regain that I knew before. Plus, there's a thing I took on to learn that, having now heard what I ( Read more... )

No more zman simchateinu, season of our happiness - time to make our own happiness as we all head into the darkness of Northern Hemisphere fall/winter. Rain has descended upon us here in British Columbia; I managed to get Sunday, Monday and Tuesday meals in my sukkah, but was rained out of almost all the rest of it. It's actually a bit sunny ( Read more... )

It's erev Kindergarten. Honestly, it's hard for me to say that because the first day is only a 1 hour assembly, which doesn't seem very kindergarten-y. Eh, it's still the first day. Rick and I will drop him off at 8:40 for an 8:45 assembly, and then I'll pick him up at 9:45. Will I go get a coffee in that hour? No, I will run over to South Arm ( Read more... )

No, just kidding. *sigh* Have a good time, those who will be there ( Read more... )

First the funny, then the story: This is a chat my advising colleague and I had online today ( Read more... )

We're holding drop-in advising for the start of the registration period for Fall 2017. Today, I've seen three students, and had 1 chatty conversation with my associate dean beforehand ( Read more... )

I belong to the National Academic Advising Association (when I remember to pay my dues), and I really like going to the conferences. Since starting my career, I've been to both national and regional conferences. They are usually chock full of good food for thought. I usually have no trouble finding at least 1 session to attend for each timeslot ( Read more... )

March got away from me? It's only March ... 9th, yet it feels like it's been a very long time since February, or something. It could be that I'm just not getting enough sleep, or enough rest, or I'm having a lot of experiences and not spending time thinking, reflecting, certainly writing? Whatever; I'm not getting some things I need, including ( Read more... )