I’m sure I’m not the only person who occasionally adapts the gestures, sayings, or mannerisms of people with whom I come into contact, but I wonder if I am possibly a bit more prone to this than people of more forceful character. Sometimes it’s conscious and it’s fun–PymFan, do you remember the summer we lived [...]
Archive for May, 2008
27 May
The incredible journey
Wow, that was quite a long drive back from Stubbville. I’m glad I didn’t think too hard about the Memorial Day traffic or else I might not have gone, and then we would have missed spending the time with Stubb. Very pleased about the gas mileage on our rented Toyota Corolla, though–36 mpg. Also glad that I [...]
25 May
Gnome away from home
Seriously, this is kinda funny. Stubb and the Snork Maiden are out exploring Stubbville’s historic downtown, and I’m in the second bedroom of the furnished apartment serving my time in grading jail. My NCC exams and final papers are arranged in alphabetical order on the brown carpet, and I’m in a grading groove. The towels, [...]
24 May
Hotel world
The Snork Maiden and I are taking advantage of the three-day Memorial Day weekend to go and visit Stubb. Last time, we just met up with him on his day off at a hotel in a city two-thirds of the way there; this time, we’re going the whole way and will stay at the barely [...]
21 May
The nutmeg of consolation
I have been thinking a lot lately about a friend on the other side of the country who has suffered a terrible loss. We’ve talked on the phone, and emailed, but I keep having impulses to send a book, or books. I know that when I am hurt or grieving, certain familiar books are very [...]
21 May
How the Garcia girls lost their accents
Was just reminded of something the Snork Maiden’s friend Xavier said a few weeks ago in a drugstore. The kids were inspecting the candy rack, and the SM held up a Snickers bar with “NOUGATOCITY” printed on the wrapper: “What’s this word?” “Oh,” said Xavier with great authority, “that’s Spanish.” (I didn’t feel I owed it to [...]
20 May
Mistaken identity
One of the mothers from last fall’s soccer team (nominally the head parent of the team) seems to have added me to her list of people to mass email with cutesy/concerned emails–the difference between men and women, plastics in the microwave, that sort of thing. I haven’t seen, emailed or spoken to her since December and most of [...]
19 May
All’s well that ends well
At least, we hope things are ending well. I have to turn in my New RU grades today (though I’ll take longer to write comments on final portfolios), and my last NCC classes meet this week. Because next week starts with Memorial Day, this is also the last “regular” week of classes at Starfleet Academy; [...]
18 May
Surfing the edge of chaos
I know I often complain that the house is messy, but it’s really messy right now, as in clutter on every possible surface. And I have papers to grade, an NCC exam to write, and classes to prep; in such circumstances, I often feel that it’s not even worth trying to make a dent in [...]
17 May
A room of one’s own
Apparently I spoke too soon when I said that I would be sharing a room with the other teacher for the same grade. Turns out she and the teacher she’s currently sharing with have become BFF and want to stay together, so now the plan is to have them move into the room I’m currently [...]
