I’m working from home today because of some network issues we’re having at work. I need Internet access to do my job right now, so I needed to be home. Also, it looks like we are going to have some issues with freezing rain and ice. So, it’s safer not to get out today, and I wish I didn’t have to get out. However, I finally have my appointment with an orthopedist for my broken hand. It’s been three weeks since my fall, so it’s about time.

It’s Monday again, so it’s back to work. I have a class to help out with first thing this morning. It will be my last class for the semester. Finals start tomorrow, I think. I know I’ll have some emails to go through and not much else, I have my fourth quarter review, which is usually just a formality. I hope this one will be too. As far as I know, everything has been going well. The programs and classes have been a success, so there should be nothing to worry about. Work should be fairly slow this week. I have a meeting with a professor on Wednesday about a class she’ll be teaching next semester. Other than that, it should all be pretty routine.

You might think that with the end of the year fast approaching, things would start to slow down, and maybe they will after this week, but this week is going to be a busy one. It’s a week of meetings, classes, and programs, most of which I am the one organizing. So far, Thursday is the only day that seems to have nothing pressing on my calendar. Hopefully, that will continue to be the case. Wednesday will be, by far, the busiest as we have a special guest coming to do a presentation. Though I scheduled this program, I’m embarrassed to say that I really don’t know what to expect. Hopefully, enough people will be curious enough to show up. I don’t expect a crowd like we had for the last one, but I’m hoping it will be a decent showing. The rest of my time is likely to be in one meeting after another. Next week, I only have one thing on my agenda and that’s for Monday. Then the next week, I’ll only work half a week as I will be flying home for Christmas on December 22. I haven’t been home since Christmas 2019, so I’m not sure how I am feel about this trip home.

I have a busy week ahead. Mostly, it’s going to be one meeting after another with a few classes scattered in on a couple of days. At least I have Wednesday off, for two reasons: 1) it’s my birthday, which I always try to take off, and 2) I have to work on Saturday, so it’s also my comp day. Most everything I’m doing at work this week is in the mornings. I don’t think I have anything in the afternoon all week, though I do not expect that to stay true. Anyway, I hope y’all have a good week.

It was nearly 10 pm before I got home last night.  The program went really well (except for the virtual component, which could have been better). We had a record crowd. In fact, we had so many that we had to simulcast it to the gallery where we had an overflow area. We ordered the perfect amount of food. We only had one of the boxed lunches left.

After the program, the speaker and I could finally have our lunch. After that, I took her on a driving tour of campus before taking her back to her hotel with a detour through town so she could see it. The university sits on the edge of town. I was able to go home for about two hours before going back to pick her up for dinner. Our reservations were at 7 pm, the service was slow but excellent at the restaurant we went to. The food was delicious. 

Today will be another busy day, but my speaker will need to be at the airport by 3:30 pm, and then I can go home and get some much needed rest.

I was late getting home last night, and after a long, tiring day, I basically collapsed on my couch before getting up and crawling into bed a little while later. I wasn’t even thinking about writing a post for today, that’s why this post is late. It’s going to be another long day, as I will be taking our guest speaker to dinner tonight. She’s a lovely lady, so it was a very pleasant day, just busy and tiring.