I’ve taken my first two swims. The first in a smaller pond and the water temperature was delightful. It took some motivation to go all the way in, but once swimming, it was so pleasant. The second swim was in my “home” deep lake. I managed 2 minutes, too cold even for me. NH USA
POTS is a type of dysautonomia, which stems from dysfunction in the autonomic nervous system. That’s the part of the nervous system that works automatically to regulate body functions such as breathing, heart rate, blood pressure and digestion.
Beautiful Lady Slipper orchids — we’re so happy that they come back every year
So I’m teaching a corporate workshop next week, on Agile/Scrum as usual. And even though we launch next Tuesday, I’m seriously converting all of the collaborative work to Miro! I hope the client talks me out of this madness, though I will do this conversion at some point.
Final grades submitted 🏫! So I’m done teaching for another year, assuming I get hired back (ah, the risky life of an adjunct instructor).
Currently reading: Apeirogon by Colum McCann 📚
Finished reading: Change Agent by Daniel Suarez 📚 A wild ride, and frightening in its vision of a completely genetically-modified future, but also very interesting. Not great literature but not trash either.
Currently reading: What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician’s Guide to Rebuilding America’s Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a Time by Dar Williams 📚
Finished reading: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel 📚Totally loved it and immediately re-read it after finishing it. It’s even better the second time.
I finished teaching my Agile course for another year, it’s all done but the grading. It was a weird pandemic semester … and I had a great group of students who were willing to participate in all the odd online activities that I created for them.
Yes, my darling kitty has early stage kidney disease. We’re entering a new world of delivering sub-cutaneous fluids and providing a special diet. Overall, we’re trying to help her have an excellent quality of life through this next phase. And I’m very sad.
Kitty is dehydrated. They’re giving her fluids and drawing blood for a test, then I can take her home. We’ll know more tomorrow when the results come back. Hoping it’s nothing serious.
Ugh. I’m worried about my kitty who hasn’t eaten in a couple of days, and I just found out that the vet that we’ve used for decades closed up shop in March with no warning. So I have to face a new vet with a sick kitty.
Currently Reading: Change Agent by Daniel Suarez 📚
Currently reading: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel 📚Loving this book already. Interesting quirk: I’m almost exactly the same age as the author. Since this is partially an auto-biography with a lot of history, it’s like reading about my own growing up years.
It was a thrill to see this perfect Studebaker in the parking lot the other day. I’ve always loved this make of car.
Ugh, I think I have to drop my Yahoo email account. Yeah, I know, should have done it already. I picked one up decades ago and used it for email lists, etc. But also for some important accounts. So I can’t just delete it. I’ll have to go through 1Password item by item. Ugh.
Good video from a medical expert about living with Long COVID. (Not me, but a family member has Long COVID)
I am grateful for the evening shutdown routine that I learned from David Sparks. It is so true for me that if I spend 5 minutes planning the next day before I leave the office, that next day goes so much better.
I am looking forward to my morning tea tomorrow.
Finished reading: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson 📚
Finished reading: Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson 📚
We have a heated mattress pad. 🐈
It’s worth it to go down to town in the spring, when it’s still winter at home
My brother and I just agreed to meet up for the 2024 solar eclipse, maybe in Quebec but maybe in the Ozarks. Something to look forward to!
Minor breakthrough in the Python class that I’ve been taking for the past few months. I discovered Pythonista for iPad. I’ve heard about it forever, but just realized that it might work well for class. The answer is YES it’s great for learning Python.