Both the Queen and the Minion have been hanging out close to me today...
I'm not sure why. Their food, water and box situations are fine -- so, they don't want anything.
I think they miss Hubby -- who left two weeks ago...
It's hard to tell them that his nerd-camp has another week, then he'll come home to us...
but, at least I can tell myself that -- and, that I'll get to see him day after tomorrow!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
this time last year..
Well, technically Friday --
I started chemo.
I hadn't lost my hair.
I hadn't been to the ER three times in 6 weeks.
I didn't have my beloved CPAP machine.
I think instead of 'celebrating' at the cancer clinic, Hubby and I will meet in NYC... sound like a better option??
I started chemo.
I hadn't lost my hair.
I hadn't been to the ER three times in 6 weeks.
I didn't have my beloved CPAP machine.
I think instead of 'celebrating' at the cancer clinic, Hubby and I will meet in NYC... sound like a better option??
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
What a day...
Early -- cats woke me up. I decided to put on coffee and grade.
Realized that grading is sometimes better when you're not quite awake -- and I finished grading before 9 AM.
9:30 - 11:45 -- routine poking and prodding at the hospital. I now have proof that I have a heart, no matter what my students say. I also have an MRI of my brain from last summer, so I have proof of that too...
11:45 - 1:00 Drove back to my neighborhood, lunch at McD's, a trip to Office Max and then a maintenance appointment at the cancer clinic.
1:00 - 2:00 Got vital supplies at PetSmart - and realized they aren't stocking the trays for my automatic cat box -- at least until August... grrr!
2:00 - 4:00, spa time. It was wonderful -- waxed, mani-pedi and then a really good conversation waiting for toes to dry. We traded cards -- it's amazing who you can meet sitting in a spa with a good book.
Tonight -- tested breadmaker and remembered that it doesn't work... it smells great but the loaf is a complete disaster. I suppose that gives me the no-calorie benefit of smelling the good bread, but dang...
Now -- going to bed. "My Sister's Keeper" was a good movie -- but a great book. For the record, there are pretty significant differences between the two -- and I intend to ask my students questions on their final to figure out who just went to the movie.... heee hee... I'm only doing that to make grading fun. I suppose that makes me evil, but so what?
Realized that grading is sometimes better when you're not quite awake -- and I finished grading before 9 AM.
9:30 - 11:45 -- routine poking and prodding at the hospital. I now have proof that I have a heart, no matter what my students say. I also have an MRI of my brain from last summer, so I have proof of that too...
11:45 - 1:00 Drove back to my neighborhood, lunch at McD's, a trip to Office Max and then a maintenance appointment at the cancer clinic.
1:00 - 2:00 Got vital supplies at PetSmart - and realized they aren't stocking the trays for my automatic cat box -- at least until August... grrr!
2:00 - 4:00, spa time. It was wonderful -- waxed, mani-pedi and then a really good conversation waiting for toes to dry. We traded cards -- it's amazing who you can meet sitting in a spa with a good book.
Tonight -- tested breadmaker and remembered that it doesn't work... it smells great but the loaf is a complete disaster. I suppose that gives me the no-calorie benefit of smelling the good bread, but dang...
Now -- going to bed. "My Sister's Keeper" was a good movie -- but a great book. For the record, there are pretty significant differences between the two -- and I intend to ask my students questions on their final to figure out who just went to the movie.... heee hee... I'm only doing that to make grading fun. I suppose that makes me evil, but so what?
Sometimes teaching scares me...
... like, one student -- I'll call hir K---
K is actually a 'reverse transfer' student.. i.e. K is taking logic at BNCC because they need it for a four-year professional program at a neighboring university.
This profession requires sequential thinking and discipline.
K is not able to do simple proofs.
Worse, K seems to think hi CAN do them --
Also, K keeps trying to game the system to see how much hi can get away with -- i.e. how little work hi can do to pass the class.
The professional program results in professionals who are responsible for things like public safety. They are put in situations in which they need to exercise personal restraint -- discretion an precision in paperwork.
I have serious doubts that K will be able to do that... and, if K manages to pass my class, hi will be on the street...
of course, the good news is that I can probably use terrible arguments to get out of a ticket with K... I'll have to remember hir face....
K is actually a 'reverse transfer' student.. i.e. K is taking logic at BNCC because they need it for a four-year professional program at a neighboring university.
This profession requires sequential thinking and discipline.
K is not able to do simple proofs.
Worse, K seems to think hi CAN do them --
Also, K keeps trying to game the system to see how much hi can get away with -- i.e. how little work hi can do to pass the class.
The professional program results in professionals who are responsible for things like public safety. They are put in situations in which they need to exercise personal restraint -- discretion an precision in paperwork.
I have serious doubts that K will be able to do that... and, if K manages to pass my class, hi will be on the street...
of course, the good news is that I can probably use terrible arguments to get out of a ticket with K... I'll have to remember hir face....
Monday, July 13, 2009
Today and tomorrow...
Today is teach-a-thon...
Thursday I teach a bit and then pack for NYC!!!!!!!!!!
- Writing syllabi for fall (my goal is to have them done and sent off to be copied by the time I finish summer teaching!!).
- Teaching the first part of applied ethics in bioethics, namely the Autonomy/Paternalism bit...
- Collect the first Bioethics papers...
- Exam review and then giving an exam in logic.
- Morning is routine medical appointments --- testing required for my clinical trial and then a port flush.
- Afternoon is mani-pedi and waxing... then home to let my fingers and toes dry on the deck while I grade papers.
Thursday I teach a bit and then pack for NYC!!!!!!!!!!
The flowers are disappearing...
.. but I'm not telling who did it...
because, it's a young buck --
Last night as I went to bed, I looked out the window and saw a young male deer eating the flowers our apartment complex has lining the driveway.
He had the beginnings of antlers and a pretty soulful look on his face. I'm sure he lives on what used to be the golf course behind our apartment complex.... and, as far as I'm concerned, he can eat all the flowers he wants. I'm not telling the apartment management people on him.
because, it's a young buck --
Last night as I went to bed, I looked out the window and saw a young male deer eating the flowers our apartment complex has lining the driveway.
He had the beginnings of antlers and a pretty soulful look on his face. I'm sure he lives on what used to be the golf course behind our apartment complex.... and, as far as I'm concerned, he can eat all the flowers he wants. I'm not telling the apartment management people on him.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Well, that was fun -- in the woods!!
Last summer I had plans to go to a girlfriend's cabin in the woods.... chemo and other crap got in the way.
She and I get along well -- and have a lot in common, but we've never done something like that before -- so, it could have been horrific --
but -- it was great!!
K and I are good travel companions --- and I really hope we'll be able to travel together more often.
Her place is soothing and comfortable. The woods are beautiful and the company was good. We laughed, cried a bit and formed a really good friendship!
She and I get along well -- and have a lot in common, but we've never done something like that before -- so, it could have been horrific --
but -- it was great!!
K and I are good travel companions --- and I really hope we'll be able to travel together more often.
Her place is soothing and comfortable. The woods are beautiful and the company was good. We laughed, cried a bit and formed a really good friendship!
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