I had a good mental health break yesterday afternoon. I took a really hot bubble bath, two Aleves, and a 90-minute nap, between waiting on the heater serviceman and e-mails back and forth with my boss about the thing we’re showing to the chancellor today. Then Daniel and I, compelled by the three ads we …

I don’t know who wrote the third comment, but it certainly made me laugh. Thanks. 🙂

Disappointment and frustration were the hallmarks of my Feb. 9, but I’m determined that Feb. 10 will be a better day. That’s why I’m taking a much-needed (but seldom taken) mental health afternoon off. I’m leaving at noon and I’m not going to do anything productive whatsoever. Knowing those two facts is the only reason …

My class this morning was a wonderful hour-long respite and lunch with my friend Lynda a long-overdue chance to catch up, but otherwise this day has genuinely, truly sucked. I would give my left arm to take a day off. Unfortunately, I cannot (big meeting with the chancellor Friday). Doubly unfortunate is the fact that …

There are many reasons I love teaching, but the biggest gratification I get is when I look at the faces of my students and can see the light bulbs illuminate. I contend I can actually see the moment it happens, and the surge of happiness and satisfaction I get when it does happen propels me …

Praise be to Daniel, who sweetly provided a good chuckle to my afternoon with this link to Einstein, the genius bird. Watch it — it’s wonderful.

So this morning, as I do most mornings, I stumbled out of bed and beelined it to my office, where I do my lengthy early-morning round of various Internet things … check my personal and TWU e-mail, check the TWU Web site, peruse the latest on Blackboard, make my blog rounds (hey Gary, gimme something …

So, I have to brag on myself a bit here because, well dammit, it is MY blog. 🙂 Tonight I left work around 5:30 and suffered from unusually extreme option paralysis vis-a-vis my three-times-daily dilemma of what to eat. Normally I’d stop and grab something, or come home and change clothes so I could go …

LOL I’m sorry, I just think that’s hilarious. My friend AnnaLisa had something similar happen once … she was having a particularly rough go of things and so I sent her flowers. Maybe for other people sending flowers is a big deal, but I’ve always sorta thought that flowers were a relatively easy and essentially …

On the heels of my complaint to Posados last night, I got a phone call from their regional manager today to apologize (which he did about twelve times in our five-minute conversation) and to get more details. It was clear from my conversation with him that he intends to talk to the managers at the …