wish Isabella understood what the end Daylight Saving Time means. Sadly (frustratingly), Isabella only tells time with her internal clock. She doesn’t understand that it’s an hour earlier than she thinks it is. When it’s 4 AM for me, she (and her stomach) believes that it’s 5 AM. She only knows it’s time to eat. I wish we could understand each other. I’d love to ask her what food she wants because some days she’ll eat what I feed her, and a few days later when I feed her the same thing, she won’t eat it. If she could just say, “I want salmon, not chicken today” or “tuna, not salmon.” Sadly, I’m not Dr. Doolittle. Sigh!

While I can’t do anything about reading her mind about what she wants for her breakfast, she may get used to the time change while I’m away for work this week. My neighbor is feeding her, and he doesn’t come down first thing in the morning. Honestly, it doesn’t matter what time he comes down, she won’t eat her wet food if I don’t feed it to her. I mainly have my neighbor come down so she’s not completely lonely while I’m gone. He tries to get her to eat, but mostly he just plays with her. She’s very chatty with him while he’s here. She’s always happy to see him, but it doesn’t take the place of me being here. I wish I could just take her with me. She’d be much happier, but sadly, I can’t do that.

P.S. The picture above is not of me or Isabella. First, Isabella is solid black, and second, I would never have that comforter on my bed. I prefer more muted colors, and the one in the picture is too busy and too flowery for my tastes.

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. 😈

Fingers crossed, it’s going to be a relatively easy week. I’m ahead on my class preparations for this week, and other than a few meetings that shouldn’t be too bad, I don’t have anything unusual or stressful on my schedule. Does that mean it will be a relatively easy week? I sure hope so, but sometimes, it’s when my schedule looks the simplest that it turns out to be anything but. So, we’ll see. I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

I’m back to my regular schedule and working from home today. It’s been a strange week. Monday and Tuesday were fairly normal days, but Wednesday and Thursday were not my usual. Wednesday, as you know, I stayed home, and I’m glad I did with the reaction I had to the Covid vaccine. I was still not feeling great yesterday, but I needed to go to work and teach my class. After class, I came back home and rested the rest of the day. I’m so glad I’m finally feeling better. I’ll probably spend today working on next week’s lectures, but for the most part, I really enjoy doing that. I probably also need to do some grading. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Since it’s the last weekend before Halloween, does anyone have any Halloween plans or events they’ll be going to this weekend? 🎃 I don’t have any plans and don’t expect that to change.

It’s Monday again, and I’m not completely dreading g the week ahead. I’m sure I will be busy this week, and I have my Covid shot tomorrow (which I generally do not react well to). Other than, not much else is on my schedule other than the usual routine. I hope y’all have a good start to your week and have a wonderful week ahead.

Normally, I work from home on Fridays, but today is different. I worked from home in the afternoon on Tuesday and Thursday, because I knew I’d have to go into the office today. There is an event/meeting in the museum this morning, and I have to be in early to let the caterers in so they can set up before the meeting. I usually get to work at 7:30 am (except on my teaching days when I try to get there at 7 am to prepare for class). My coworkers usually arrive after 8 am when we open. I don’t know what they do when I’m not there, probably open late. Anyway, since the caterers are coming at 7:40 and I normally get there at that time, I said I’d work at the museum today instead of my usual WFH day. Sometimes, I’m too nice to my coworkers, who, quite honestly, don’t deserve it. Oh well, hopefully, I’m building up some good karma.

I got up early this morning and basically had breakfast, got ready for work, and went to the museum to prepare for my class today. I had some last minute notes I needed to go over. I hope all of you have a great day!