The Left Hand of Darkness
I forgot to put the trash out yesterday to be collected. And I have a full trash can. Drat.
Harlee has been wanting breakfast in bed the last couple of days and, because she's an old lady, I've been giving it to her in bed. Anything to keep my girl eating. (Hmm. No one gives ME breakfast in bed. That's because I'm staff :))
The colder weather is back (30s F). In a weird way, I'm glad. I'm not sure why. It's supposed to be back in the 50s again by the weekend though.
I have a tedious, mindless task at work that I try to make progress on every day. So I played classical music to do the "listen to classical music every day" thing. I'll have to buy the book of classical music selections sometime. I can't get it through interlibrary loan.
My boss was talking to me about possibly teaching some Information Literacy classes in the future, so I'm looking into Toastmasters and possibly volunteer tutoring. (Do I want to go to Toastmasters this week? I was looking forward to staying home on Friday.)
I found some volunteer online tutoring for children in Africa and the Philippines. I also found a group that will pay your room and board at various spots in Europe if you provide English practice. Some of the places are English-speaking though, which is strange: Ireland and the UK, and Malta. (Although their calendar shows only spots in Eastern Europe. Maybe the English-speaking spots are spots for ESL training?) You still have to pay your airfare. But (in a particular program) they will provide training in teaching English as a Foreign Language and give you some credits in it. They have a few sites in Poland, so I could get in touch with my roots, but I'd like to learn some Polish first. Damn, Language Loop in Chicago is no longer offering Polish classes on the weekend.
Damn, Ursula LeGuin has died. I keep meaning to read some of her books.
I decided not to apply for the research grant. My research project isn't the type of project that they're looking for.
x-posted from Dreamwidth
Harlee has been wanting breakfast in bed the last couple of days and, because she's an old lady, I've been giving it to her in bed. Anything to keep my girl eating. (Hmm. No one gives ME breakfast in bed. That's because I'm staff :))
The colder weather is back (30s F). In a weird way, I'm glad. I'm not sure why. It's supposed to be back in the 50s again by the weekend though.
I have a tedious, mindless task at work that I try to make progress on every day. So I played classical music to do the "listen to classical music every day" thing. I'll have to buy the book of classical music selections sometime. I can't get it through interlibrary loan.
My boss was talking to me about possibly teaching some Information Literacy classes in the future, so I'm looking into Toastmasters and possibly volunteer tutoring. (Do I want to go to Toastmasters this week? I was looking forward to staying home on Friday.)
I found some volunteer online tutoring for children in Africa and the Philippines. I also found a group that will pay your room and board at various spots in Europe if you provide English practice. Some of the places are English-speaking though, which is strange: Ireland and the UK, and Malta. (Although their calendar shows only spots in Eastern Europe. Maybe the English-speaking spots are spots for ESL training?) You still have to pay your airfare. But (in a particular program) they will provide training in teaching English as a Foreign Language and give you some credits in it. They have a few sites in Poland, so I could get in touch with my roots, but I'd like to learn some Polish first. Damn, Language Loop in Chicago is no longer offering Polish classes on the weekend.
Damn, Ursula LeGuin has died. I keep meaning to read some of her books.
I decided not to apply for the research grant. My research project isn't the type of project that they're looking for.
x-posted from Dreamwidth