I’m so glad it’s Friday, and I get to work from home today. It’s a nice respite from the drive in and the tension at the office lately. Nobody is making me uncomfortable or tense, but two of my coworkers are very tense around each other. These same two were giving me problems a few months ago, so now they are seeing what I went through. Karma’s a bitch!

Anyway, I do have some work I need to get done today. Even though I don’t have class next week because I’ll be out of town for a conference, I still need to do some prep work for the week after. I’m sure I have some emails I’ll have to deal with, but I doubt it will be too difficult. I’m just glad to be home today.

I got an early start this morning, waking up to go over some lecture notes for today (and to watch the season finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks) only to find that I did not have internet at home. So I got ready and came into work about an hour early. Some days, there is just too much to do and things don’t always go smoothly.

The week is half over and it’s now November. I was just watching the weather on the local news, and they were discussing what a warm October we’ve had. In Vermont, October was nearly 5 degrees warmer for the average than normal. We also received more rain than normal. Yesterday, we got our first frost, the second latest frost in history. Currently, it’s 24 degrees with a high today of only 38. To quote Game of Thrones, “Winter is coming!”

With the beginning of November, we are less than two months away from Christmas, and that means, it’s less than two months away from me possibly having to go back to Alabama. I’m not looking forward to it. It was not a pleasant experience last year, and if I do go, which I probably will, I won’t be staying a whole week.

I do have something more exciting coming up next week. Since I moved to Vermont eight years ago, I have been to every New England state except one: Maine. Next week, I’ll be attending a conference in Portland, Maine. I’ll have some time to do some sightseeing, so if anyone has any suggestions for things to see in Portland, let me know. The conference itself will probably not be fun or exciting, but hopefully, being in Portland can be while I have the time to explore.

So, this has been a super random post, but I’m feeling a little random today. Have a wonderful “hump day.” Maybe some of us will do some humping today. 😈