I remember, from when I was actually in school, that I never liked 2-hour delays.  I still don’t.  I felt so rushed all day yesterday because the hour or two that I normally spend in my office getting ready for classes was taken up with driving.  I only arrived on campus about 20 minutes before my first class.  So the whole day just didn’t feel right, like I should’ve been allowed to just sit in my office for a while and work.

But I did survive the afternoon workshops.  Unfortunately, I’m pretty brain-dead by the end of 4 straight peer group workshops, but it could be worse (it has been worse!).  SO, I called Karen on my way home and generally vegged out in the evening.  I made soup for dinner and Eric had orchestra, so I just played on the computer and read.  I got Marla’s new book yesterday, so it was one of the things I read.  SO far…very good!  I went to bed about 9:30, which was very nice as well!

Eric got up this morning just after 6:00 (which is early for him), so my day is running about 20 minutes ahead of schedule (thus, this pre-7:00 post!). I wonder what I should do with all my free time?!?

I never left the house yesterday and got a few important things done.  I even read all the papers I needed to have read for today’s workshops.  I will be driving to CU today, but there is no rush.  The University is on a 2-hour delay, so no one has to be there until 10:00, and my first class isn’t until 11:00.   I’m giving a test in that class, too, so I’ve already emailed the file to my secretary and, on the off chance that I’m not there right at 11:00, she can start them testing for me!  And of course, Clark County NEVER clears their roads,   so I’ll have to drive VERY slowly on that stretch of road!

And here are some pictures for you all to enjoy!

The weather at 2:00 yesterday afternoon…

Then at 3:30…

Then at 5:00…and again at 8:00…

Yep…it snowed a lot yesterday!  And it looks really pretty this morning…at least it’ll stay for a while since it’s SOO cold out there!

Oh…and one final picture of my most recently completed knitting project…just so you can all see my skills!

Everybody seemed a little “blah” yesterday…I’m not sure how much was caused by the weather and how much by the long, busy weekend.  My student who LOVES the Colts was in a very good mood, but overall, my students were just bland.  But then again, so was I yesterday!  So I finished classes and organized my life a bit in my office.  Then I headed home.

The evening was all about relaxing.  I read a book until Eric got home.  He thinks he knows what TV we should buy with our tax refund, so he was very excited about that.  Then we watched TV all evening, even ate dinner on the couch.  I also knitted some and we both played Sudoku puzzles.  Then we went to bed.  Sleep is a lovely thing.

I wish I had something more exciting to talk about today.  I will have to work on that…

• I am standing in the classroom of my 11:00 class right now, trying not to be annoyed.  I just sent away the one student who showed up for class today.  We were supposed to review for the test, which I moved to Wednesday so that we could finish the review today.  The two who aren’t here were here on Friday.  The one not here on Friday came today and had no questions  It’s a tad annoying really.
• The schools in Columbus called off last night because of the cold.  There was much jubilant squealing from the ladies in my small group who were affected (3 before I left…probably more before the night was over). Apparently, the children can’t wait in the cold for 5-10 minutes for the bus. 
• Cedarville didn’t cancel classes today, even though my students have to walk outside repeatedly and for surprisingly great distances in temperatures that quite literally makes your face hurt and your boogers freeze. I think the children could’ve waited for their buses.

On a happier note, I got a ton of grading done this morning before my first class (was supposed to be).  Maybe I’ll go finish the rest of it before I head to Mom’s for lunch.

I also had a good, but very tiring weekend.  The houseful of teenaged girls (6 high schoolers and their leader) filled the house with squeals, chatter, and high-pitched laughter on Friday night, Saturday morning, Saturday night and Sunday morning.  Eric was somewhat amused by the whole thing, commenting, “High school girls are weirder than I remember them.”  I told him they hadn’t really changed much.  But I enjoyed hosting them, and on Friday night, I stayed up for their small group time and had the opportunity to answer some really tough questions that they were wanting answered.  That was a good time!

Of course, I’m really tired.  But the weekend is over, and now that the routine of “weekdays” is restored, I should be able to catch up very quickly!

So apparently 60 degrees is really the new 45 degrees in terms of my
office.  Whatever they did on Tuesday has at least upped my base
temperature enough to be comfortable.  It’s been much nicer to
come into my office the rest of the week…though I’m still using my
space heater!

Yesterday, I got home from CU at about 2:30 and goofed off for just a
bit.  Then I graded for a couple of hours.  My BIL, Ryan,
stopped in about 5:00 to drop off some hockey tickets for next week,
and he stayed until about 6:15 (Eric got home about 5:15).  Then
we got around and left for the church for our meeting about this
weekend.  That lasted from 7-9, but dinner was included and we had
a good time laughing with the people who were there.  In fact,
when were were introduced, Ken said, “The Hogues are another young
couple.  They don’t have kids yet either, but they are both really
cool.  Well,” he paused, “Eric is cool, but Shannah is
entertaining.”   How true, how true!

I started to get ready for bed about as soon as I got home.  I am
very tired this morning, too.  And I’ve had the second bad hair
day in a row.  I hate that!  Yesterday it all fell flat
before I left.  Today I can’t get the back to flip but the top is
like a bush.  ERGH!  Oh well…I suppose I’m really the only
one who realizes how bad it is!

Today is a department meeting (in about 5 minutes), then classes. 
Mom has a lunch meeting today, so I’ll be lunching alone.  That’s
okay, I’d like to try to finish my grading before the afternoon
classes, but we’ll see if that happens.  Anyway, then it’s home to
clean my house before we are invaded with high school girls for the
weekend. Should be fun!

I wish I had some pictures to post today.  I’ve been in the mood to have pictures…but I don’t have any new pictures worth showing.  I’ll have to work on that!

I’m going to CU for a bit today.  I don’t know if I’ll hang around all the way until the 4:00 meeting.  I don’t know why they ALWAYS schedule my department for the last interview of the day (4-5), so I don’t get home until 6:00.  We have a meeting at church at 7:00, too, so it’s going to be a busy day…again.

Yesterday, I got home from work about 4:30.  Eric got home just after 5:00.  I had to leave about 5:45 for a meeting at church.  Then I got dinner at Tim Horton’s and went grocery shopping.  I got home about 15 minutes before Eric got home from orchestra practice.  We didn’t get to bed until after 10:00.  I was very tired!

I just deleted a whole paragraph that was nothing but whining…I need to work on my attitude today!

Don’t have much time right now, but wanted to post something.  So here’s “something”:

• My office was 60 degrees
  when I walked into it this morning!  Monique (dept. secretary)
  said there were people here for a long while working on my heater
  yesterday.  It’s certainly not balmy yet, but at least I can take
  my coat off in my office!  (And I’m still using my space heater!!)
• I did not clean the bathrooms yesterday, but I did totally finish
  the laundry (minus the perm. press clothes). Washed, dried, folded and
  put away!  I also made peanut butter cookies and oatmeal milk
  chocolate chip cookies, cleaned my kitchen, graded some papers, worked
  on Small Group “secretary” stuff, and even read in the evening.
• I’m reading a book on Dolley Madison and her role in helping to
  create the United States.  Very well written. Very good story.
• I was very easily annoyed by EVERYTHING last night.  I think I might be PMS-ing.
• It was VERY cold out this morning, but I wore a skirt
  anyway.  It’s long, and I’m never outside for THAT long…so I
  figured I could handle it.  We’ll see!

Good morning!  Happy Tuesday to you all!

Yesterday, I finished my classes and returned to my office to get organized to go home.  I send a few emails, talked to our department’s assistant some, and submitted a work order about the temperature in my office.  I haven’t yet heard anything, but we’ll see if they can do something to help me out!

When I got home, my MIL was here.  Eric was fixing her computer (he built it for her a few months ago and the power supply had stopped working, so he put in a new one!) and showing her all his new toys.  And since it was just about 5:00 when I arrived, we all went out to dinner.  I didn’t have to cook…she didn’t have to cross Columbus at rush hour…it all worked out great!  So we went to Donatos for subs which were yummy!  AND, they messed up my order, so I got two subs and I brought one home for Eric’s lunch today.  Yippee!

Today’s agenda has lots on it.  I am still debating about whether to go to CU on Thursday (there’s a dean interview on that day, and my dept. will interact with him at 10 am and 4 pm…so I’d just be wasting a LOT of time if I do go down), so my week’s to-do list might need to be squeezed into today.  We’re hosting for a youth event in Columbus this weekend, so it has to be clean and ready for visitors who will be sleeping here on Friday and Saturday nights.  Should be fun, but I really need my Thursday this week to prepare.  We’ll see what happens though!

Among my options on my list today is laundry, baking cookies, getting some groceries, cleaning the showers/wiping the bathrooms, cleaning my kitchen, tidying the house, etc., etc., etc.  Sounds like fun, huh?

Office update: 45 degrees when
I entered it.  Thankfully, it goes up to a little over 50 degrees
just a few minutes after turning on my space heater.  But
still…it was noticably warmer in the hallway than my office
today. 

The weekend was pretty relaxing.  Friday night, Eric & I went
out for Greek food and then spent money at Half-Price Books on
Henderson.   I love that store! 

Saturday was very laid back.  I washed out my oven somewhat (and
ran the self-cleaning cycle yesterday) because it was smoking when I
cooked Eric’s lunch.  I also washed sheets and remade the
bed.  And I did a few other little things, I guess.  Saturday
night we had Chipotle with a couple from our small group.  Then
she and I went and watched a movie at her house, while the boys went
their separate ways.  I got home around 11:45, but it was fun to
hang out for a while.

Sunday was church.  After lunch, we hid upstairs for a while
because the fumes from the oven’s cleaning cycle were a bit
overwhelming downstairs.  Then I read the newspaper and generally
goofed off for a bit, read some Comp papers, then headed to the church
about 5:00 to set up a drama for the small group “event” they were
doing last night.  I got home about 7:15, ate supper, knitted
while I watched tv and then went to bed.  Not that exciting, but
it was nice!

My office was 50 degrees again…I haven’t even unbuttoned my coat yet this morning.  I did take off my gloves though.

Yesterday wasn’t terribly exciting…kind of relaxing, overall,
actually.  I had my appointment in Cedarville and then went down
for lunch with Deb and the girls (Mom joined us too).  It was fun
to hang out with them for a couple of hours.  I drove back to
Columbus, heading to Hilliard-Rome Road to run errands.  I went to
Michaels and then bought ground coffee for Eric so he would have coffee
to drink today!  Then I went home and spent the rest of the
evening, just goofing off and relaxing.  It was kind of nice!

Today is classes and then home.  I don’t think we have any plans
tonight either, but I do have something on Saturday and Sunday night
planned.  And I’ll have papers to read this weekend, as
well!  Should be fun…