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Weekday Schedule During COVID-19
I had meant to write every day, but we see how that went. Instead, here's a general idea of what it's been like around here on week days since California's Stay at Home order went into effect:
Sometime between 10 AM and Noon: (Most days it's around 11) Wake up. Make breakfast. Walk the dog. Feed the cats.
Fuzzy space between breakfast and office ( Read more... ) -
Everything keeps happening all the time
I haven't journaled in a while, but boy have things happened fast ( Read more... ) -
What is a workflow even
Today is Tuesday. Second day of official "online teaching." I've been trying to keep to a schedule of getting up at 10 AM, having breakfast, and taking care of the animals in a leisurely way so that I'm ready to sign on to zoom by 1 for my office hour, which no one came to yesterday or today ( Read more... ) -
I guess this counts as excitement these days.
The big news of yesterday is that I am very glad I learned how to salt a whole chicken before broiling it sometime before this happened. Did that last night for the huge bird I got at Stater Bros on Monday. Also, we talked to Megan, Kelli, and Beth on google hangouts during dinner and then got to see Cai and Amy for a while on Skype after that ( Read more... ) -
First true week of Quarantine Rundown
Today is Friday, and it's the end of the first week that we have all really been in lockdown together. The statewide order went out on the night of the 19th, and all of us in the house, including my sister in law Jacqueline who lives with us, really started doing it in earnest on the 20th. Rae and I were already doing it as much as possible, but I ( Read more... ) -
Eat your heart out, Ken Burns
Earlier today, I was joking that we should start doing dramatic readings of our journal entries, Ken Burns documentary style. This was funny to me as a person who saw The Civil War all the way through TWICE before I was sixteen, watched all of the Baseball before I cared at all about modern baseball (that has changed... missing my Dodgers this year ( Read more... ) -
Back from a five year break... it's Corona Quarantine blogging time!
I read an article about how journaling about our experiences during the Corona-induced Quarantine could be a valuable exercise for us and for future people who wonder how things were day to day during this historically interesting period. So here we go.
Today is March 22nd. It's a Sunday. We've been under a statewide "stay-home" order since ( Read more... ) -
Books Read: Melusine
Melusine by Sarah Monette
Why I picked it up: I bought the first three books in this series in a used book store while on vacation more than three years ago. They've languished on my shelf ever since, and they are my first books read for project "Read the Books We Have Instead of Buying New Ones." Also, I was in the mood for some gritty fantasy ( Read more... ) -
Books Read: The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Why I picked it up:I've never read a fantasy novel set in 1890s Malaysia back when it was still a British colony before. Also, the excerpt I read pulled me in.
Goodreads rating: 4/5 Stars
Review in a nutshell: Really eerie story about the relationships between the living and the dead in a unique setting. Some plot ( Read more... ) -
Books Read: Ruin and Rising
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Why I picked it up: I read the first two books in this YA trilogy (Shadow and Bone and Siege and Storm) last year, and I liked the world building. The magical system is unique, and there are a lot of really fun secondary characters. I was anxious to see how Bardugo was going to wrap it up. All in all, it was a ( Read more... )