Easy come, easy go, they say. The Woman I Love and I have been out taking care of various errands on the way to Sunset Acres Bed and Breakfast. We stopped at Shoe Carnival at the Odessa outlet mall to pick up a new pair of shoes a piece. My three year old Sketchers have had it and probably should have been replaced a year ago. We managed to get a pretty good deal.
The Outlet Mall is a victim of the economic decline. The spike in gas prices to nearly four dollars a gallon a few years back pushed most of the tenants out. Those that remained had to face the Great Recession of the last year or so (the same recession that killed my first novel effort) and they are slowly fading out. Still, there is Patricia's Grocery Store, which is where we had lunch today.
In between cleaning the cars, getting oil changed, fueling vehicles, paying bills and the like, we've been pretty busy. Here is what has been afoot.
Saturday Activities
I had a full day yesterday starting at 0400 hours with supply purchases and what not. The first formal event of the day was adjunct academy, a training event where you can pick up an extra fifty bucks. I've attended the last few sessions and I've found them pretty handy.
Yesterday's session? Was it handy? Useful?
No. No it wasn't. In fact, it is the first session I have attended where I felt like my time was wasted. I really can't elaborate, unfortunately. I probably said too much in the feedback form.
The other event was a public speaking opportunity with a fellow full time teaching peer concerning the Democratization of the Technology. I was there mainly in a support mode while my peer did most of the talking, but I was able to ask questions, prompt some clarification and add some points of my own. In fact, it was very much like a public speaking version of the world I do for the Client. We will probably do more of this sort of thing in the future.
So, Saturday afternoon was productive, Saturday morning, not so much.
Joint Writing Project - 02
My partner sent back some their work on JWP-02. I like what I see. At some point later I'll do a bit of work on it myself. I believe our combined word count is now 1000 or so.
Other Fronts
Well, we're a week away from my Spring Break and that means we're one week away from the Big Night of Mayhem at the Pod. We've been out brisket shopping, trying to find just the right cut of meat at the right price. Aside from that, we've been taking it easy.
Tomorrow in my American History 121 class we'll roll into the Spanish American War. In my American History 120s we'll fight the Revolutionary War.
And so it goes.
Respects,
Steven Francis Murphy
Author of The Limb Knitter and Tearing Down Tuesday
North Kansas City, Missouri
8 hours ago