Anyway.
To recap the week so far: Sunday, after blogging about and recovering from the super-duper Saturday night bash, we went up to LFP to celebrate the birthdays of Otis, her grandmother, and her brother with Pagliacci's pizza and chocolate cake AND tiramisu. Result: (1) Yum, and (2) oooohh, my stomach!
Monday: Last week at Cascadia begins, last real week at North begins, and actual last class at Antioch. The ice and snow storm really took the wind out of our sails this quarter, coming as it did just when students were starting to lose their momentum anyway. It has been hard keeping interest up the past few classes. My 099 was scheduled for an in-class essay Monday and Tuesday, so that was okay; the other classes were harder to motivate. Except, of course, for Antioch: even at the last class session, we had a hard time getting out of there on time, because there was so much still to do.
Tuesday: Morning class, then back home for a chance to visit with b, who had come to give a birthday massage to Otis. After b had to fly, Otis and I went back up to General Yiao's on Phinney Ridge for the lunch special. Once fortified with wonderful pan-Asian goodness, we took the roads and headed up to Bellingham for a visit/reccie/celebration!
First, Otis used some birthday loot to get herself a Regina Spektor album.
Then we stopped at the Bagelry for coffee
and I gave Otis the first season of Medium on DVD (now that Charmed is off the air, she needs a new Guilty Pleasure).
We took a walk around town and found a little low-rent galleria-type building that had giant Origami birds hanging.
It had a nice aromatherapy store and an import place for Otis to browse, and on the second floor, a little shop I stuck my head into:
We capped out tour of downtown Bellingham with a stroll through a new pocket-park, where Otis really got into the public art.
We cruised down to the Fairhaven district for more strolling and bookstore browsing, followed by soups and salads at the Colophon Cafe.
That about wore us out, so we headed home for a quiet evening in front of a (fixed) fireplace. Good times.
Today: was school and school, for me anyway. Actual last classes at Cascadia, and I can't even begin to look at the pile of portfolios and papers I need to grade. Otis, on the other had, kept busy with animal Reiki and getting a free Feldenkrais session from a networking practitioner.
Job news: Thanks at least in part to the good offices of Pater Putnam, I have an interview on Friday for a half-time, interim job at Lakeside School, teaching the classes associated with their yearbook, newspaper, and student radio station. It' s not a smooth-as-silk opportunity, but is definitely worth exploring despite any kinks in the hose.
Other people's news: Dingo has the keys to her exciting new massage space, right in her own neighborhood! b has the keys to her new massage space, right in her own neighborhood. Good massage-space karma all around!
Upcoming stuff news: Be checking out the Group Blog for news of Otis's art show and the group's next Chautauqua.
Th-th-th-that's all folks!
We took a walk around town and found a little low-rent galleria-type building that had giant Origami birds hanging.
It had a nice aromatherapy store and an import place for Otis to browse, and on the second floor, a little shop I stuck my head into:
We capped out tour of downtown Bellingham with a stroll through a new pocket-park, where Otis really got into the public art.
We cruised down to the Fairhaven district for more strolling and bookstore browsing, followed by soups and salads at the Colophon Cafe.
That about wore us out, so we headed home for a quiet evening in front of a (fixed) fireplace. Good times.
Today: was school and school, for me anyway. Actual last classes at Cascadia, and I can't even begin to look at the pile of portfolios and papers I need to grade. Otis, on the other had, kept busy with animal Reiki and getting a free Feldenkrais session from a networking practitioner.
Job news: Thanks at least in part to the good offices of Pater Putnam, I have an interview on Friday for a half-time, interim job at Lakeside School, teaching the classes associated with their yearbook, newspaper, and student radio station. It' s not a smooth-as-silk opportunity, but is definitely worth exploring despite any kinks in the hose.
Other people's news: Dingo has the keys to her exciting new massage space, right in her own neighborhood! b has the keys to her new massage space, right in her own neighborhood. Good massage-space karma all around!
Upcoming stuff news: Be checking out the Group Blog for news of Otis's art show and the group's next Chautauqua.
Th-th-th-that's all folks!
1 comment:
Sounds like an action-packed stretch of days - did you quit sleeping or sumpin?
BTW, only weirdos post Regina Spektor videos on their pages. ;)
Soapy
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