Lecture uploaded.. and I’m staying in adjunct mode this morning, and not the complaining adjunct– in fact, I LOVE that I’m an adjunct.. I can jump around, be on the Road, and not care so much. I’m free. They know They can’t do anything to me.. so I thrive and grow and teach from my maddened reads and writings.. the Ox let out of the Bottle. And that’s Wellness for ya……
6:36 and I’m into my coffee like it’s a lover I haven’t seen in years; like one of my characters, like it’s its own story, and it is with the light rain outside, not the heavy storm they riled on the news and on the station’s webstire, warning of a ‘winter storm’ or something. Again, sensationalized. But I love it, at least we have rain. We need it. The vineyards, especially.
My left knee pains me to a worrisome level, making it hard to sleep last night, difficult walking up the stairs of Emeritus, and just an allaround pain. So what do I do, just live with it, and I’m thinking of taking Alice’s advice and downgrading to a half-marathon in Santa Cruz.. just for my health, and this knee, both of them which bother me more regularly, the older I get– NO! The whole idea behind the marathon was to have one under belt before that odd age of 36! So don’t even think about it!

Not sure where I am right now, wordcount-wise, but I’m climbing. Have to get the papers graded in the next 48 hours, all of them.. nothing to pass back today and I hate that about myself.. but today’s the last..

Found new rubric to use.. oh, and that Umberto Eco piece.. want to share that with students today, in both classes, about a thesis.. 6:42, should get going soon, how ‘bout now, beat them all there and have them walk in with me prepared, ready to go, ready to take them all on…