Kind of tired today. It snowed this morning, and the highway conditions Web site says that the highway that I take is "partially covered in snow," so I'm going to take a short nap after class and give them time to clear it. I need to stop at the library on the way out though to pick up a couple of books.

I've decided to ask the unloading folks to ( Read more... )

I wound up staying up late last night watching a program about an Air Canada flight that ran out of fuel in the 80s. The heroic pilot managed to land the plane with no loss of life. The cause was that previous planes calculated fuel in pounds, but this new plane (a 767) used kilograms, leading the fuelers to fill it only half-full. It was very ( Read more... )

I fell on Mimi last night. I got up to use the washroom and something was stuck on my foot. I went to take it off, lost my balance, and fell on top of Mimi on the bed. She seemed to be okay (although she ran off), so I went to sleep.

Woke up at 8 AM. Got up, largely to check on Mimi, but I'm going to eat breakfast and go back to sleep. No, I just ( Read more... )

Booked my travel for Christmas. I used the voucher from the fiasco of a trip when I went to see Mom in July.

Went to bed early and also had the extra hour, so I got a lot of sleep.

Figured out how to turn off Facebook notifications.

I had planned to go to the store before work, but it's raining, so I think that I'll lie down for a little while.

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Figured out a problem that I was having with the local Web server that we need to use for class. Go me.

Warren Buffett is investing in a company in India, and he said that there is a lot of opportunity there. That lends some credence to the Asia Emerging Markets ETF that I'm invested in.

We're probably going to get Value Line at work, which ( Read more... )

Figured out how much to put in my TIAA-CREF account (it's like a 401K for educators) after I finish funding my flexible spending account. My TIAA-CREF is a time-targeted fund, and I'm also going to fund a Roth IRA that uses an ETF. Still need more money to save though. Ordered some books on side hustles.

Mimi was hanging around the dry food ( Read more... )

Got up, threw myself together, packed, loaded the car, and got to class early. Go me. The Airbnb owner was chatting with me a little while, and I worried that I'd run late, but it was okay.

I need to learn coding from books and online classes because I have a hell of a time following live code examples. Or at least, I have trouble following ( Read more... )

It took me forever to install Python on my netbook, but I finally got it installed. Feeling hammered this morning.

Got myself together with the help of coffee and packed. I'm glad that I made a packing list.

My Internet access keeps dropping. I think that I need to call Comcast about it when I get back.

The girls conked out at the normal time ( Read more... )

Had problems getting up. Finally Zara perched on my shoulder, and that got me up. Thanks, Zara. Feeling a little under the weather. Felt hot and cold on and off during the day.

Oh joy.  They're predicting thunderstorms when I'll be driving back from Chicago on Friday.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an inactive forum about things people ( Read more... )

Harlee came in again after I had turned off my light last night. I petted her a little, but then tried to go to sleep, and eventually she went away.

Mimi chased Zara out of the bedroom at first, and there was hissing and yowling. Sigh.

I'm feeling not quite well, burnt out, and worn out. I'm glad that it'll be a long (four-day) weekend this ( Read more... )