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Day One

January 24th, 2017 at 12:58 am

of Spring semester that is. Although the weather is mild-ish, it's very gray. I taught two classes today in a small room that is supposed to hold 28 students but had 22 chairs and not much room for more. Latecomers had to step over everyone else. It's not ideal, but it will do. Only one real issue--a student who I had to tell twice (really?) to put his laptop away. I hope that's the end of that because if it continues, I'll ask him to leave. Everyone else seems fine. Another first day tomorrow with two more.

DH had an interview this afternoon. He has a bad cold but pressed on which I think was a good idea. He's not sure how it went but he was there for 90 minutes which I think is a good sign. A different phone interview is scheduled for tomorrow.

DH and DD are both at church now. She's babysitting and he's at the small group. My spending today consisted of $12 for a new grade book. The university used to furnish them, but no more. I ordered it from Amazon using a gift card received at Christmas, so I spent nothing out of pocket. I also filled up the car for #27. We had =no shock here= leftovers for lunch and leftover turkey from yesterday's turkey breast for dinner.

I was thinking today that we may try to continue the uberfrugality until DH gets a job. I do need a haircut so that will have to be in the mix, but everything else can wait.

I finished The Underground Railroad which I indeed recommend even if it is harrowing. And we're continuing to watch Homeland. I feel really boring, but between DH's cold, plenty of odds and ends to do around here, and uberfrugality it seems more like stasis that anything. Thank goodness for the library.

4 Responses to “Day One”

  1. Amber Says:
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    I'm hoping the issue with the laptop 💻 is resolved, I also have my fingers crossed for your DH.
    "The Underground Railroad" is this a movie or book?

  2. My English Castle Says:
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    Hi Amber: It's a book that won the National Book Award in 2016. Thanks for the well wishes!

  3. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    I'm going to lookup that book!

  4. VS_ozgirl Says:
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    I'm currently into watching Code Black episodes (reminds me of ER) as often as possible so people probably think I'm boring too!

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