As the astute among you have noted, I did not post yesterday. So much for that resolution. I quit.
Hah! I kid, of course. Truly, in this one instance, it really wasn't my fault. Currently our house is a mass of turmoil made up of post-holiday recovery efforts and smoke damage-related home improvements. New carpet is coming next week, which will be great but is a daunting prospect. And before the old carpet leaves, the walls needed repainting (both for aesthetics and further smoke-scent mitigation). So furniture is everywhere, the kids play amongst a maze of painting supplies, and all is chaos. Yesterday, as Joanna got started on our room (she's doing the lioness's share of the painting by far), we had to move out all the computer equipment. Since we're still limping along with a "slow DSL" line, that left me without internet access. I've convinced her that with my increasing online class load and doing most of my work from my laptop, it's time to upgrade to wireless, but as of yet we're still on the land line.
So there's my excuse. Wasn't that fascinating?
Other than the utter madness, life continues apace. My new semester starts up in a week or so, with a new online course I've not taught before and an overload class thrown in the bargain. On Tuesday I finally put together my course text for the new class—one day soon I'll actually have to get in and read what I have created. Always exciting, that. The kids will be back to homeschooling next week (between bouts of laying carpet, presumably). I'm actually kind of looking forward to getting back to work so I can, you know, relax a bit.
I've only eked out a couple of hours here this morning, so I'm going to get over to the writing. May you find profounder thoughts elsewhere today than you've encountered here.
3 comments:
What color is Joanna painting the bedroom?
See your blog doesn't need to be profound to be interesting.
Miss you all so very much.
-B
Born Dancin's room is a warm pink; Denver and Poncho's (and eventually the back hallway) is a kind of taupe; our room will be a color called "Clear Air," which my mother-in-law renamed "Sandstorm" because it's actually beige. The new carpet is a lot lighter than our current and comes with that "already dirty" pattern to hide dirt.
But since you've never seen our home, all this is a bit academic, isn't it?
It was fascinating, indeed. I love homeowner projects...once they are complete! While it probably wasn't in the plans to do this renovation at this time, what a blessing to have a fresh new look and feel. At least, I always think so.
TM
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