This is how good I have it. I made us late today. So, while I was making us late, my lovely bride was making me lunch.
That might be the sort of approach that gets me moving on time. And it wasn’t that I was late-late. It’s just that there a lot of things to do in the morning and it piled up. Plus, there are the cats. Are they trapped in a closet or a bathroom? Do they have food and water? Can you keep them out of the laundry room, which is basically the airlock to the outside world and, like all laundry rooms, could be a few feet bigger, particularly when you have your arms full of backpacks and things.
We made it on time. I did not have to blame the cats. But I got two homemade PB&Js out of the deal!
Today in class we discussed public service announcements. And I broke up the students into production groups. They’ll be making their own PSAs in the coming weeks. This is a fun assignment and, having given them some time today to start their planning, it sounds like they will treat it in that spirit.
I had the students fill out a survey for their crew positions of choice and, happily, in two classes worth of people, it seems like it will work out that everyone will have a role they are interested in. I’m looking forward to watching them all work their way through the process. And, by the end of the semester, they should all have a nice video and some good experiences they can add to their LinkedIn accounts.
It’ll all be great, because, in the back of the room, this owl is overseeing things.
I choose to see him as a good classroom omen.
Since we talked about a state park yesterday, I wanted to show you this video from that trip. I rode my bike to the park, on the other end of the county, near the end of last month to find two historical markers. It was a splendid day, and the trees were bursting with color. I picked the right day to find this path.
It’s a nice park. Charming views in all of the parts I saw. I’ll have to find my way back down there next year.
We’re still padding things out with a few photos from our Sunday afternoon visit to the beach. And here’s the beach.
This is an old resort town. An 18th century resort town, if you can believe that. One of the oldest in the country, if not the oldest. And it predates the country. You never think about colonials taking beach trips. I wonder how many did.
It was sunny and cool on Sunday when we were there. Right here, in the sun, it felt great. But if you found yourself in some shade you’d want to find yourself back in the sun. It was that kind of lovely day.
I took this photo, without adjusting any of the settings. It’s overexposed, of course, but it’s perfect.
I thought it might be the best one of the day, but before I got around to adjusting the aperture, I took this photo, and it might actually be perfectly perfect.
We’ll wrap up the week tomorrow with four more photos from that trip, plus whatever else comes to pass between now and then.
