The Yankee and Ward at Pie Day.Nothing cures the dreadful feeling of not getting anything done like doing several things all at once. Fine day, bright, sunny a bit chill, but Jack Frost is on the canvas and he's wobbly and probably not getting up. That's fine for everyone, especially the trees which are just days from budding. It will be glorious.
Anyway. Busy day today. Sat on a bike for the first time since -- wow the past year has flown -- last summer. Pedaled 10 miles. I'll be sore tomorrow. It was good to be on the bike. I've been doing a lot of weights lately and they are just more tedious than anything. Yes, pushing my legs up and down in a rapid, repetitive motion is less tedious to me than moving weights.
Wonder if I can work my way back up to those 50-mile days I had last summer. That kind of distance seems a long way off just now.
Recruiting all morning. Our department is handing out big awards, most students at Samford are on some type of scholarship or assistance and we've passed out several for next fall's incoming freshmen already, with more to come. I've spent a lot of time on the phone and writing letters lately, but it is worth it for the good that money will go toward. And, since I don't have the money to donate myself ... it just works out well.
Ate two buck lunch with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. I've lately been making nice progress in Doris Kearns Goodwin's
No Ordinary Time. This was a Christmas gift from my mother-in-law, I might have mentioned that. I've been reading it almost since Christmas. The Yankee, who skims things, has been teasing me lately. I read much slower, because I get caught up in sentence structure and the graceful use of dashes. When they are graceful. Just over 100 pages to go, though, so in the next few nights I'll finish this book. Then I can get needled for reading something else slowly. Just as well, I'm ready for a break from Mrs. Roosevelt.
I sat in on a curriculum meeting for the department in the afternoon. Very interesting conversation among industry experts and faculty. Our curriculum was redesigned four years ago, now we're trying to be sure the students are getting what they need and examining the possibility of new changes. The industry is just moving that quickly.
Wrote letters and organized paperwork in the afternoon. It seemed that my office exploded with syllabi and notes and scribbled upon sheets of loose leaf. This all adds to the feeling of a great day's progress, somehow.
Figured out one technical gaffe. Identified another. Not everything can be progressive all at once, there has to be inertia somewhere.
Did a little shopping after work, came home, paired off the socks, ran some laundry, sat down just as The Yankee got home. We chatted, sitting close in our rocking chairs and enjoying a few minutes of not going. You should try this too. It is very appealing to the senses and tends to add a nice relaxing stretch to the day.
We made our way to Pie Day, just the two of us this evening. Ward, pictured above, told us that the pie prices have actually decreased. So have the sizes, a bit. But I was stuffed before I'd finished half my meal anyway -- and now there are leftovers for breakfast. But not the pie. You can't just leave that sitting around.
We visited the dollar theater after dinner, checking out
It's Complicated, which prompts the return of the dozen word review:
Streep, Baldwin and Martin have chemistry. We see too much of Baldwin.
She's great. Steve Martin is, well, Steve Martin. Alec Baldwin was playing the more charming version of his smarm. And he has a knack for taking his clothes off, making you want to hit the gym.
It was fun, but there's a moment or two in there that might make you uncomfortable if you took someone a little ... unprepared.
So there. Got a few things accomplished, got some bills paid (even made it to the bank!) pushed a few more projects closer to out the door, did a tiny bit of shopping, relaxed with my best girl, had dinner and a movie. Not a bad Friday.
I hope the start of your weekend was just as fruitful!
